#E4C86D#E4C86D

#E4C86D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.115 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C86D
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 52.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -1.45, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 48.71, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0054 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.115 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.4115, 58.9092, 22.9169)
Luminance	0.5891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C86D #6D89E4

analogous

#E48C6D #E4C86D #C4E46D

triadic

#E4C86D #6DE4C8 #C86DE4

tetradic

#E4C86D #6DE48C #6D89E4 #E46DC4

square

#E4C86D #6DE48C #6D89E4 #E46DC4

split-complementary

#E4C86D #6DC4E4 #8C6DE4

monochromatic

#B59221 #DAB539 #E4C86D #EEDBA1 #F7EFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E4C86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#E4C86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C86D

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C86D	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.115 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd899',
    500: '#e4c86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c86d;
$custom-light: #efd899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83786,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C86D

secondary

#405BB6

accent

#41D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C86D

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

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