#E4D485#E4D485

#E4D485 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.101 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D485
RGB	rgb(228, 212, 133)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 41.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -5.36, 41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 41.37, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.0143 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.101 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.7734, 65.2763, 31.6367)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D485 #8595E4

analogous

#E4A485 #E4D485 #C4E485

triadic

#E4D485 #85E4D4 #D485E4

tetradic

#E4D485 #85E4A4 #8595E4 #E485C4

square

#E4D485 #85E4A4 #8595E4 #E485C4

split-complementary

#E4D485 #85C4E4 #A485E4

monochromatic

#C3AA2B #D9C253 #E4D485 #EFE6B7 #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E4D485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#E4D485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D485

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D485	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 212, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.101 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee1a9',
    500: '#e4d485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d485;
$custom-light: #eee1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.895,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86563,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D485

secondary

#5163BC

accent

#38CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D485

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

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