#E4CD66#E4CD66

#E4CD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.126 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD66
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 102)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 55.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -4.59, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 53.64, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0152 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.126 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.2266, 61.1183, 21.4031)
Luminance	0.6112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD66 #667DE4

analogous

#E48E66 #E4CD66 #BCE466

triadic

#E4CD66 #66E4CD #CD66E4

tetradic

#E4CD66 #66E48E #667DE4 #E466BC

square

#E4CD66 #66E48E #667DE4 #E466BC

split-complementary

#E4CD66 #66BCE4 #8E66E4

monochromatic

#B0961F #DBBC32 #E4CD66 #EDDE9A #F6EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#E4CD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD66

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD66	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.126 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc94',
    500: '#e4cd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd66;
$custom-light: #efdc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8471,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD66

secondary

#3D52B1

accent

#36D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD66

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

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