#E4D586#E4D586

#E4D586 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.101 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D586
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 134)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 41.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -5.76, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 41.27, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0154 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.101 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.0935, 65.8056, 32.0859)
Luminance	0.6580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D586 #8695E4

analogous

#E4A686 #E4D586 #C4E486

triadic

#E4D586 #86E4D5 #D586E4

tetradic

#E4D586 #86E4A6 #8695E4 #E486C4

square

#E4D586 #86E4A6 #8695E4 #E486C4

split-complementary

#E4D586 #86C4E4 #A686E4

monochromatic

#C4AC2C #D9C454 #E4D586 #EFE6B8 #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E4D586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E4D586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D586

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D586	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.101 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee1aa',
    500: '#e4d586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d586;
$custom-light: #eee1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.426,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86782,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D586

secondary

#5263BC

accent

#36CB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D586

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

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