#E4CD6D#E4CD6D

#E4CD6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.119 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD6D
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 52.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -4.03, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 50.38, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.0128 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.119 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5885, 61.2631, 23.3092)
Luminance	0.6126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD6D #6D84E4

analogous

#E4916D #E4CD6D #BFE46D

triadic

#E4CD6D #6DE4CD #CD6DE4

tetradic

#E4CD6D #6DE491 #6D84E4 #E46DBF

square

#E4CD6D #6DE491 #6D84E4 #E46DBF

split-complementary

#E4CD6D #6DBFE4 #916DE4

monochromatic

#B59921 #DABB39 #E4CD6D #EEDFA1 #F7F0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#E4CD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD6D

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD6D	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC964

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.119 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc99',
    500: '#e4cd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd6d;
$custom-light: #efdc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84796,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD6D

secondary

#4056B6

accent

#39D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD6D

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

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