#E4CD87#E4CD87

#E4CD87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.093 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD87
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 135)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 40.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.86, -1.55, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.86, 37.79, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0031 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.093 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.2008, 61.9080, 31.8007)
Luminance	0.6191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD87 #879EE4

analogous

#E49E87 #E4CD87 #CCE487

triadic

#E4CD87 #87E4CD #CD87E4

tetradic

#E4CD87 #87E49E #879EE4 #E487CC

square

#E4CD87 #87E49E #879EE4 #E487CC

split-complementary

#E4CD87 #87CCE4 #9E87E4

monochromatic

#C49F2C #D9B855 #E4CD87 #EFE2B9 #F9F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E4CD87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#E4CD87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD87

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD87	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCA82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.093 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedcab',
    500: '#e4cd87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd87;
$custom-light: #eedcab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.161,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8518,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD87

secondary

#536DBC

accent

#46CB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD87

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

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