#E4C76E#E4C76E
#E4C76E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.114 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4C76E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 199, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 69%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 52%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 51.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.00, -0.85, 47.91) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.00, 47.92, 91.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.6% -0.0035 0.1138) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.6% 0.114 91.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.2348, 58.4692, 23.1251) |
| Luminance | 0.5847 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.65
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.70
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.06
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.16
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.19
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 6.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4C76E #6E8BE4
analogous
#E48C6E #E4C76E #C6E46E
triadic
#E4C76E #6EE4C7 #C76EE4
tetradic
#E4C76E #6EE48C #6E8BE4 #E46EC6
square
#E4C76E #6EE48C #6E8BE4 #E46EC6
split-complementary
#E4C76E #6EC6E4 #8C6EE4
monochromatic
#B69122 #DAB33A #E4C76E #EEDBA2 #F7EFD5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.65
#E4C76E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.69
#E4C76E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4C76E
12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4C76E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4C76E | 1.00 | 1.65 | 12.69 | 12.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C466
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFCD71
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4BAB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4c76e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.114 91.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efd799',
500: '#e4c76e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4c76e; $custom-light: #efd799; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4c76e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 199,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.254,
"s": 68.605,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83598,
"c": 0.1138,
"h": 91.8
},
"luminance": 0.58467
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4C76E
secondary
#405DB6
accent
#43D115
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F