#E4C770#E4C770

#E4C770 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.112 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C770
RGB	rgb(228, 199, 112)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 50.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -0.68, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 46.97, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0028 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.112 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.3450, 58.5132, 23.7050)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C770 #708DE4

analogous

#E48D70 #E4C770 #C7E470

triadic

#E4C770 #70E4C7 #C770E4

tetradic

#E4C770 #70E48D #708DE4 #E470C7

square

#E4C770 #70E48D #708DE4 #E470C7

split-complementary

#E4C770 #70C7E4 #8D70E4

monochromatic

#B79223 #DAB33D #E4C770 #EEDBA3 #F7EFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C770 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E4C770 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C770

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C770	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C770	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c770;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.112 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd79b',
    500: '#e4c770',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c770;
$custom-light: #efd79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c770",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83625,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C770

secondary

#415EB7

accent

#44D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C770

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

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