#E4C669#E4C669

#E4C669 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.118 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C669
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 105)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 53.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -0.75, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 49.96, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0038 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.118 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.7409, 57.9047, 21.6552)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C669 #6987E4

analogous

#E48869 #E4C669 #C4E469

triadic

#E4C669 #69E4C6 #C669E4

tetradic

#E4C669 #69E488 #6987E4 #E469C4

square

#E4C669 #69E488 #6987E4 #E469C4

split-complementary

#E4C669 #69C4E4 #8869E4

monochromatic

#B28F20 #DBB235 #E4C669 #EDDA9D #F7EDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C669 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#E4C669 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C669

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C669	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C669	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c669;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.118 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd796',
    500: '#e4c669',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c669;
$custom-light: #efd796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c669",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83332,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C669

secondary

#3E5BB3

accent

#42D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C669

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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