#E4C96D#E4C96D

#E4C96D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.116 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C96D
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 52.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -1.97, 49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 49.04, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% -0.0069 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.116 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.6439, 59.3739, 22.9943)
Luminance	0.5937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C96D #6D88E4

analogous

#E48D6D #E4C96D #C3E46D

triadic

#E4C96D #6DE4C9 #C96DE4

tetradic

#E4C96D #6DE48D #6D88E4 #E46DC3

square

#E4C96D #6DE48D #6D88E4 #E46DC3

split-complementary

#E4C96D #6DC3E4 #8D6DE4

monochromatic

#B59421 #DAB639 #E4C96D #EEDCA1 #F7EFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4C96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#E4C96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C96D

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C96D	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)

#DAC665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.116 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd999',
    500: '#e4c96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c96d;
$custom-light: #efd999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83987,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C96D

secondary

#405AB6

accent

#3FD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C96D

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

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