#E4D177#E4D177

#E4D177 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.113 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D177
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 119)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 47.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, -5.19, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 47.05, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.0151 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.113 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.1268, 63.4290, 26.6303)
Luminance	0.6343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D177 #778AE4

analogous

#E49A77 #E4D177 #C1E477

triadic

#E4D177 #77E4D1 #D177E4

tetradic

#E4D177 #77E49A #778AE4 #E477C1

square

#E4D177 #77E49A #778AE4 #E477C1

split-complementary

#E4D177 #77C1E4 #9A77E4

monochromatic

#BBA125 #DAC044 #E4D177 #EEE2AA #F8F4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E4D177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#E4D177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D177

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D177	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.113 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedea0',
    500: '#e4d177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d177;
$custom-light: #eedea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85743,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D177

secondary

#4459BB

accent

#37CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D177

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

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