#E4C976#E4C976

#E4C976 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.107 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C976
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 118)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 48.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -1.18, 44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 44.74, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0036 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.107 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.1534, 59.5777, 25.6778)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C976 #7691E4

analogous

#E49276 #E4C976 #C8E476

triadic

#E4C976 #76E4C9 #C976E4

tetradic

#E4C976 #76E492 #7691E4 #E476C8

square

#E4C976 #76E492 #7691E4 #E476C8

split-complementary

#E4C976 #76C8E4 #9276E4

monochromatic

#BB9625 #DAB543 #E4C976 #EEDDA9 #F8F1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4C976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#E4C976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C976

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C976	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.107 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed99f',
    500: '#e4c976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c976;
$custom-light: #eed99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.273,
    "s": 67.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84112,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C976

secondary

#4361BB

accent

#44CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C976

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

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