#E4D171#E4D171

#E4D171 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.119 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D171
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 113)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 50.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -5.73, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 49.92, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0173 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.119 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.7778, 63.2894, 24.7922)
Luminance	0.6329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D171 #7184E4

analogous

#E49871 #E4D171 #BEE471

triadic

#E4D171 #71E4D1 #D171E4

tetradic

#E4D171 #71E498 #7184E4 #E471BE

square

#E4D171 #71E498 #7184E4 #E471BE

split-complementary

#E4D171 #71BEE4 #9871E4

monochromatic

#B89F23 #DAC03E #E4D171 #EEE2A4 #F8F2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#E4D171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D171

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D171	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CC69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.119 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde9c',
    500: '#e4d171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d171;
$custom-light: #efde9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85662,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D171

secondary

#4155B8

accent

#34D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D171

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

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