#E4D36C#E4D36C
#E4D36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4D36C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 211, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 69%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 53%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 52.6%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.05, -7.17, 52.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.05, 53.00, 97.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.01% -0.022 0.1236) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.01% 0.126 100.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.9978, 64.1674, 23.5149) |
| Luminance | 0.6417 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.78
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.69
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.99
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.85
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.90
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4D36C #6C7DE4
analogous
#E4976C #E4D36C #B9E46C
triadic
#E4D36C #6CE4D3 #D36CE4
tetradic
#E4D36C #6CE497 #6C7DE4 #E46CB9
square
#E4D36C #6CE497 #6C7DE4 #E46CB9
split-complementary
#E4D36C #6CB9E4 #976CE4
monochromatic
#B4A021 #DBC438 #E4D36C #EDE2A0 #F7F2D3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.52
#E4D36C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.83
#E4D36C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4D36C
13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4D36C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4D36C | 1.00 | 1.52 | 13.83 | 13.83 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.83 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.83 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CE62
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D571
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3C6BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4d36c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 211, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.126 100.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efe099',
500: '#e4d36c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4d36c; $custom-light: #efe099; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4d36c",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 211,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.5,
"s": 68.966,
"l": 65.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86007,
"c": 0.12557,
"h": 100.1
},
"luminance": 0.64165
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4D36C
secondary
#3F50B5
accent
#2FD115
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F