#E4CD85#E4CD85

#E4CD85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.095 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD85
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 133)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 41.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -1.76, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 38.78, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0039 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.095 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.0613, 61.8522, 31.0660)
Luminance	0.6185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD85 #859CE4

analogous

#E49D85 #E4CD85 #CBE485

triadic

#E4CD85 #85E4CD #CD85E4

tetradic

#E4CD85 #85E49D #859CE4 #E485CB

square

#E4CD85 #85E49D #859CE4 #E485CB

split-complementary

#E4CD85 #85CBE4 #9D85E4

monochromatic

#C39F2B #D9B853 #E4CD85 #EFE2B7 #F9F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E4CD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#E4CD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD85

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD85	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCA80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.095 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedca9',
    500: '#e4cd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd85;
$custom-light: #eedca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.474,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85147,
    "c": 0.09478,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD85

secondary

#516BBC

accent

#45CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD85

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

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