#E4C76B#E4C76B
#E4C76B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.117 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4C76B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 199, 107) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 69%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 53%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 53.1%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.96, -1.10, 49.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.96, 49.34, 91.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.56% -0.0046 0.1166) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.56% 0.117 92.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.0743, 58.4049, 22.2794) |
| Luminance | 0.5840 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.87
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.61
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.76
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.80
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.17
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 6.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4C76B #6B88E4
analogous
#E48A6B #E4C76B #C4E46B
triadic
#E4C76B #6BE4C7 #C76BE4
tetradic
#E4C76B #6BE48A #6B88E4 #E46BC4
square
#E4C76B #6BE48A #6B88E4 #E46BC4
split-complementary
#E4C76B #6BC4E4 #8A6BE4
monochromatic
#B49121 #DBB337 #E4C76B #EDDB9F #F7EED3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E4C76B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.68
#E4C76B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4C76B
12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4C76B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4C76B | 1.00 | 1.66 | 12.68 | 12.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C463
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CD6F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4BAB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4c76b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 107); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.117 92.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efd797',
500: '#e4c76b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4c76b; $custom-light: #efd797; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4c76b",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 199,
"b": 107
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.62,
"s": 69.143,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83559,
"c": 0.11667,
"h": 92.2
},
"luminance": 0.58402
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4C76B
secondary
#3F5BB4
accent
#42D114
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F