#E4D079#E4D079

#E4D079 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.110 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D079
RGB	rgb(228, 208, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -4.50, 45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 45.72, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0129 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.11 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.0036, 62.9884, 27.1881)
Luminance	0.6299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D079 #798DE4

analogous

#E49A79 #E4D079 #C2E479

triadic

#E4D079 #79E4D0 #D079E4

tetradic

#E4D079 #79E49A #798DE4 #E479C2

square

#E4D079 #79E49A #798DE4 #E479C2

split-complementary

#E4D079 #79C2E4 #9A79E4

monochromatic

#BDA026 #DABE46 #E4D079 #EEE2AC #F9F4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#E4D079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D079

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D079	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 208, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.110 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedea1',
    500: '#e4d079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d079;
$custom-light: #eedea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.785,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85569,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D079

secondary

#465CBB

accent

#39CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D079

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

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