#E4CD69#E4CD69

#E4CD69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.123 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD69
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 53.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -4.35, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 52.25, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0142 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.123 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.3781, 61.1789, 22.2009)
Luminance	0.6118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD69 #6980E4

analogous

#E48F69 #E4CD69 #BEE469

triadic

#E4CD69 #69E4CD #CD69E4

tetradic

#E4CD69 #69E48F #6980E4 #E469BE

square

#E4CD69 #69E48F #6980E4 #E469BE

split-complementary

#E4CD69 #69BEE4 #8F69E4

monochromatic

#B29720 #DBBC35 #E4CD69 #EDDE9D #F7F0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E4CD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD69

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD69	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.123 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc96',
    500: '#e4cd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd69;
$custom-light: #efdc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84746,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD69

secondary

#3E54B3

accent

#37D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD69

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

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