#E4CD72#E4CD72

#E4CD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.115 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD72
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -3.60, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 48.01, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0111 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.115 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.8654, 61.3738, 24.7673)
Luminance	0.6137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD72 #7289E4

analogous

#E49472 #E4CD72 #C2E472

triadic

#E4CD72 #72E4CD #CD72E4

tetradic

#E4CD72 #72E494 #7289E4 #E472C2

square

#E4CD72 #72E494 #7289E4 #E472C2

split-complementary

#E4CD72 #72C2E4 #9472E4

monochromatic

#B89A23 #DABB3F #E4CD72 #EEDFA5 #F8F1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E4CD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD72

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD72	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)

#DDC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.115 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc9c',
    500: '#e4cd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd72;
$custom-light: #efdc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84862,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD72

secondary

#425AB9

accent

#3BD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD72

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

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