#E4CD74#E4CD74

#E4CD74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.113 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD74
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 116)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 49.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.60, -3.42, 46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.60, 47.06, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0103 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.113 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.9804, 61.4199, 25.3734)
Luminance	0.6142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD74 #748BE4

analogous

#E49574 #E4CD74 #C3E474

triadic

#E4CD74 #74E4CD #CD74E4

tetradic

#E4CD74 #74E495 #748BE4 #E474C3

square

#E4CD74 #74E495 #748BE4 #E474C3

split-complementary

#E4CD74 #74C3E4 #9574E4

monochromatic

#BA9B24 #DABB41 #E4CD74 #EEDFA7 #F8F2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E4CD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD74

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD74	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)

#DDC96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.113 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc9e',
    500: '#e4cd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd74;
$custom-light: #efdc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8489,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD74

secondary

#435BBA

accent

#3CCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD74

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

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