#E4D178#E4D178

#E4D178 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.112 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D178
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 47.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -5.10, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 46.57, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.0148 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.112 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.1872, 63.4531, 26.9483)
Luminance	0.6345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D178 #788BE4

analogous

#E49B78 #E4D178 #C1E478

triadic

#E4D178 #78E4D1 #D178E4

tetradic

#E4D178 #78E49B #788BE4 #E478C1

square

#E4D178 #78E49B #788BE4 #E478C1

split-complementary

#E4D178 #78C1E4 #9B78E4

monochromatic

#BCA226 #DAC045 #E4D178 #EEE2AB #F8F4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E4D178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#E4D178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D178

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D178	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)

#E1CD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.112 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedea0',
    500: '#e4d178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d178;
$custom-light: #eedea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.444,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85758,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D178

secondary

#455ABB

accent

#37CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D178

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

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