#E4CA74#E4CA74

#E4CA74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.110 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA74
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 116)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 49.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, -1.87, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 46.03, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0058 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.11 93)
XYZ	xyz(56.2697, 59.9984, 25.1365)
Luminance	0.6000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA74 #748EE4

analogous

#E49274 #E4CA74 #C6E474

triadic

#E4CA74 #74E4CA #CA74E4

tetradic

#E4CA74 #74E492 #748EE4 #E474C6

square

#E4CA74 #74E492 #748EE4 #E474C6

split-complementary

#E4CA74 #74C6E4 #9274E4

monochromatic

#BA9724 #DAB641 #E4CA74 #EEDEA7 #F8F1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E4CA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#E4CA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA74

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA74	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.110 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd99e',
    500: '#e4ca74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca74;
$custom-light: #efd99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84284,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.59996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA74

secondary

#435EBA

accent

#41CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA74

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

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