#E4D396#E4D396

#E4D396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.081 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D396
RGB	rgb(228, 211, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(47, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -2.95, 32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 32.52, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0062 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.081 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.7951, 65.2863, 38.2473)
Luminance	0.6529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D396 #96A7E4

analogous

#E4AC96 #E4D396 #CEE496

triadic

#E4D396 #96E4D3 #D396E4

tetradic

#E4D396 #96E4AC #96A7E4 #E496CE

square

#E4D396 #96E4AC #96A7E4 #E496CE

split-complementary

#E4D396 #96CEE4 #AC96E4

monochromatic

#CBAA35 #D7BF65 #E4D396 #F1E7C7 #F9F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E4D396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#E4D396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D396

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D396	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 211, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.081 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede0b5',
    500: '#e4d396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d396;
$custom-light: #ede0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.923,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86652,
    "c": 0.08084,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D396

secondary

#6175BD

accent

#43C71F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D396

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

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