#E4D779#E4D779

#E4D779 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.117 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D779
RGB	rgb(228, 215, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -8.06, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 48.39, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0232 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.117 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.7481, 66.4773, 27.7695)
Luminance	0.6647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D779 #7986E4

analogous

#E4A179 #E4D779 #BBE479

triadic

#E4D779 #79E4D7 #D779E4

tetradic

#E4D779 #79E4A1 #7986E4 #E479BB

square

#E4D779 #79E4A1 #7986E4 #E479BB

split-complementary

#E4D779 #79BBE4 #A179E4

monochromatic

#BDAA26 #DAC846 #E4D779 #EEE6AC #F9F5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#E4D779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D779

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D779	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 215, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.117 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee3a1',
    500: '#e4d779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d779;
$custom-light: #eee3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86997,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D779

secondary

#4654BB

accent

#2DCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D779

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

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