#E4C871#E4C871

#E4C871 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.112 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C871
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 113)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 50.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -1.11, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 46.81, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0039 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.112 92)
XYZ	xyz(55.6318, 58.9973, 24.0768)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C871 #718DE4

analogous

#E48F71 #E4C871 #C7E471

triadic

#E4C871 #71E4C8 #C871E4

tetradic

#E4C871 #71E48F #718DE4 #E471C7

square

#E4C871 #71E48F #718DE4 #E471C7

split-complementary

#E4C871 #71C7E4 #8F71E4

monochromatic

#B89323 #DAB43E #E4C871 #EEDCA4 #F8F0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E4C871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#E4C871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C871

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C871	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.112 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd89b',
    500: '#e4c871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c871;
$custom-light: #efd89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8384,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.58995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C871

secondary

#415EB8

accent

#43D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C871

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

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