#E4CD70#E4CD70

#E4CD70 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.117 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD70
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 112)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 50.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, -3.77, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 48.96, 94.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0118 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.117 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.7528, 61.3288, 24.1743)
Luminance	0.6133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD70 #7087E4

analogous

#E49370 #E4CD70 #C1E470

triadic

#E4CD70 #70E4CD #CD70E4

tetradic

#E4CD70 #70E493 #7087E4 #E470C1

square

#E4CD70 #70E493 #7087E4 #E470C1

split-complementary

#E4CD70 #70C1E4 #9370E4

monochromatic

#B79A23 #DABB3D #E4CD70 #EEDFA3 #F7F1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CD70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E4CD70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD70

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD70	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.117 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc9b',
    500: '#e4cd70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd70;
$custom-light: #efdc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.103,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84836,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD70

secondary

#4158B7

accent

#3AD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD70

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

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