#E4D180#E4D180

#E4D180 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.104 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D180
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 128)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 43.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -4.33, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 42.69, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0118 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.104 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.6932, 63.6555, 29.6129)
Luminance	0.6365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D180 #8093E4

analogous

#E49F80 #E4D180 #C5E480

triadic

#E4D180 #80E4D1 #D180E4

tetradic

#E4D180 #80E49F #8093E4 #E480C5

square

#E4D180 #80E49F #8093E4 #E480C5

split-complementary

#E4D180 #80C5E4 #9F80E4

monochromatic

#C1A429 #D9BF4E #E4D180 #EFE3B2 #F9F6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E4D180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#E4D180 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D180

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D180	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CD7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.104 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedea6',
    500: '#e4d180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d180;
$custom-light: #eedea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.6,
    "s": 64.935,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85876,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D180

secondary

#4C61BC

accent

#3BCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D180

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

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