#E4D173#E4D173

#E4D173 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.117 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D173
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 49.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -5.55, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 48.97, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.0166 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.117 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8917, 63.3349, 25.3917)
Luminance	0.6333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D173 #7386E4

analogous

#E49973 #E4D173 #BEE473

triadic

#E4D173 #73E4D1 #D173E4

tetradic

#E4D173 #73E499 #7386E4 #E473BE

square

#E4D173 #73E499 #7386E4 #E473BE

split-complementary

#E4D173 #73BEE4 #9973E4

monochromatic

#B9A024 #DAC040 #E4D173 #EEE2A6 #F8F3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#E4D173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D173

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D173	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.117 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde9d',
    500: '#e4d173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d173;
$custom-light: #efde9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85688,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D173

secondary

#4256B9

accent

#35D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D173

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

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