#E4CD68#E4CD68

#E4CD68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.124 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD68
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 54.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.46, -4.43, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.46, 52.71, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0146 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.124 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3270, 61.1585, 21.9318)
Luminance	0.6116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD68 #687FE4

analogous

#E48F68 #E4CD68 #BDE468

triadic

#E4CD68 #68E4CD #CD68E4

tetradic

#E4CD68 #68E48F #687FE4 #E468BD

square

#E4CD68 #68E48F #687FE4 #E468BD

split-complementary

#E4CD68 #68BDE4 #8F68E4

monochromatic

#B29720 #DBBC34 #E4CD68 #EDDE9C #F7EFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#E4CD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD68

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD68	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.124 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc96',
    500: '#e4cd68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd68;
$custom-light: #efdc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84734,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD68

secondary

#3E53B3

accent

#37D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD68

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

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