#E4D278#E4D278

#E4D278 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.113 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D278
RGB	rgb(228, 210, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 47.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -5.61, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 46.94, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.96% -0.0163 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(85.96% 0.113 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.4333, 63.9453, 27.0303)
Luminance	0.6394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D278 #788AE4

analogous

#E49C78 #E4D278 #C0E478

triadic

#E4D278 #78E4D2 #D278E4

tetradic

#E4D278 #78E49C #788AE4 #E478C0

square

#E4D278 #78E49C #788AE4 #E478C0

split-complementary

#E4D278 #78C0E4 #9C78E4

monochromatic

#BCA326 #DAC145 #E4D278 #EEE3AB #F8F4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E4D278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E4D278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D278

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D278	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)

#E2CE70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D47C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 210, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.113 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedfa1',
    500: '#e4d278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d278;
$custom-light: #eedfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85961,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D278

secondary

#4559BB

accent

#36CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D278

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

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