#E4CD73#E4CD73

#E4CD73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.114 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD73
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 49.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -3.51, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 47.53, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% -0.0107 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.114 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.9226, 61.3967, 25.0687)
Luminance	0.6139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD73 #738AE4

analogous

#E49573 #E4CD73 #C2E473

triadic

#E4CD73 #73E4CD #CD73E4

tetradic

#E4CD73 #73E495 #738AE4 #E473C2

square

#E4CD73 #73E495 #738AE4 #E473C2

split-complementary

#E4CD73 #73C2E4 #9573E4

monochromatic

#B99B24 #DABB40 #E4CD73 #EEDFA6 #F8F2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E4CD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD73

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD73	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.114 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc9d',
    500: '#e4cd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd73;
$custom-light: #efdc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.788,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84876,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD73

secondary

#425AB9

accent

#3CD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD73

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

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