#E4D685#E4D685

#E4D685 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.103 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D685
RGB	rgb(228, 214, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 41.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -6.37, 41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 42.16, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0173 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.103 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2764, 66.2824, 31.8044)
Luminance	0.6628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D685 #8593E4

analogous

#E4A685 #E4D685 #C2E485

triadic

#E4D685 #85E4D6 #D685E4

tetradic

#E4D685 #85E4A6 #8593E4 #E485C2

square

#E4D685 #85E4A6 #8593E4 #E485C2

split-complementary

#E4D685 #85C2E4 #A685E4

monochromatic

#C3AD2B #D9C553 #E4D685 #EFE7B7 #F9F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#E4D685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D685

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D685	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 214, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.103 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee2a9',
    500: '#e4d685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d685;
$custom-light: #eee2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8697,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D685

secondary

#5161BC

accent

#34CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D685

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

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