#E4D397#E4D397

#E4D397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.080 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D397
RGB	rgb(228, 211, 151)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(47, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 33.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -2.83, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 32.02, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0058 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.08 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.8760, 65.3186, 38.6732)
Luminance	0.6532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D397 #97A8E4

analogous

#E4AD97 #E4D397 #CFE497

triadic

#E4D397 #97E4D3 #D397E4

tetradic

#E4D397 #97E4AD #97A8E4 #E497CF

square

#E4D397 #97E4AD #97A8E4 #E497CF

split-complementary

#E4D397 #97CFE4 #AD97E4

monochromatic

#CBAA36 #D7BE66 #E4D397 #F1E8C8 #F9F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E4D397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#E4D397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D397

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D397	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)

#DFD093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 211, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.080 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede0b6',
    500: '#e4d397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d397;
$custom-light: #ede0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86671,
    "c": 0.07968,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D397

secondary

#6276BD

accent

#44C61F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D397

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

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