#E4C970#E4C970

#E4C970 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.113 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C970
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 50.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -1.71, 47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 47.61, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.0058 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.113 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.8081, 59.4396, 23.8594)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C970 #708BE4

analogous

#E48F70 #E4C970 #C5E470

triadic

#E4C970 #70E4C9 #C970E4

tetradic

#E4C970 #70E48F #708BE4 #E470C5

square

#E4C970 #70E48F #708BE4 #E470C5

split-complementary

#E4C970 #70C5E4 #8F70E4

monochromatic

#B79423 #DAB63D #E4C970 #EEDCA3 #F7F0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4C970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E4C970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C970

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C970	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.113 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd99b',
    500: '#e4c970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c970;
$custom-light: #efd99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84028,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C970

secondary

#415CB7

accent

#41D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C970

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

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