#E4D18A#E4D18A

#E4D18A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.093 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D18A
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 138)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 39.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -3.29, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 37.75, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(86.04% -0.0079 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(86.04% 0.093 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.3841, 63.9319, 33.2518)
Luminance	0.6393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D18A #8A9DE4

analogous

#E4A48A #E4D18A #CAE48A

triadic

#E4D18A #8AE4D1 #D18AE4

tetradic

#E4D18A #8AE4A4 #8A9DE4 #E48ACA

square

#E4D18A #8AE4A4 #8A9DE4 #E48ACA

split-complementary

#E4D18A #8ACAE4 #A48AE4

monochromatic

#C6A62E #D9BD58 #E4D18A #EFE5BC #F9F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E4D18A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E4D18A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D18A

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D18A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D18A	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCE85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d18a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.093 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedead',
    500: '#e4d18a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d18a;
$custom-light: #eedead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d18a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.333,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86037,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D18A

secondary

#566BBD

accent

#40CA1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D18A

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

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