#E4CD84#E4CD84

#E4CD84 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.096 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD84
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 132)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 42.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -1.87, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 39.27, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0043 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.096 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9926, 61.8247, 30.7039)
Luminance	0.6182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD84 #849BE4

analogous

#E49D84 #E4CD84 #CBE484

triadic

#E4CD84 #84E4CD #CD84E4

tetradic

#E4CD84 #84E49D #849BE4 #E484CB

square

#E4CD84 #84E49D #849BE4 #E484CB

split-complementary

#E4CD84 #84CBE4 #9D84E4

monochromatic

#C39E2B #D9B952 #E4CD84 #EFE1B6 #F9F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E4CD84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E4CD84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD84

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD84	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCA7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.096 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedca9',
    500: '#e4cd84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd84;
$custom-light: #eedca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.625,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85131,
    "c": 0.09586,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD84

secondary

#506ABC

accent

#44CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#171510

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD84

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

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