#E4C86E#E4C86E

#E4C86E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.115 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C86E
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 110)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 51.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -1.37, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 48.24, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.005 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.115 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.4657, 58.9308, 23.2020)
Luminance	0.5893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C86E #6E8AE4

analogous

#E48D6E #E4C86E #C5E46E

triadic

#E4C86E #6EE4C8 #C86EE4

tetradic

#E4C86E #6EE48D #6E8AE4 #E46EC5

square

#E4C86E #6EE48D #6E8AE4 #E46EC5

split-complementary

#E4C86E #6EC5E4 #8D6EE4

monochromatic

#B69322 #DAB43A #E4C86E #EEDCA2 #F7EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E4C86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#E4C86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C86E

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C86E	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.115 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd899',
    500: '#e4c86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c86e;
$custom-light: #efd899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 68.605,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83799,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C86E

secondary

#405CB6

accent

#41D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C86E

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

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