#E4C96C#E4C96C

#E4C96C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.117 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C96C
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 108)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 52.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -2.05, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 49.51, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.0072 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.117 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.5904, 59.3525, 22.7125)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C96C #6C87E4

analogous

#E48D6C #E4C96C #C3E46C

triadic

#E4C96C #6CE4C9 #C96CE4

tetradic

#E4C96C #6CE48D #6C87E4 #E46CC3

square

#E4C96C #6CE48D #6C87E4 #E46CC3

split-complementary

#E4C96C #6CC3E4 #8D6CE4

monochromatic

#B49321 #DBB638 #E4C96C #EDDCA0 #F7EFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4C96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#E4C96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C96C

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C96C	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC664

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.117 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd998',
    500: '#e4c96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c96c;
$custom-light: #efd998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83974,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C96C

secondary

#3F5AB5

accent

#3FD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C96C

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

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