#E4D877#E4D877

#E4D877 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.120 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D877
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 47.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -8.75, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 49.75, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.0254 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.12 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.8821, 66.9395, 27.2154)
Luminance	0.6694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D877 #7783E4

analogous

#E4A177 #E4D877 #BAE477

triadic

#E4D877 #77E4D8 #D877E4

tetradic

#E4D877 #77E4A1 #7783E4 #E477BA

square

#E4D877 #77E4A1 #7783E4 #E477BA

split-complementary

#E4D877 #77BAE4 #A177E4

monochromatic

#BBAB25 #DAC944 #E4D877 #EEE7AA #F8F5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E4D877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D877

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D877	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.120 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee3a0',
    500: '#e4d877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d877;
$custom-light: #eee3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87174,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D877

secondary

#4451BB

accent

#2BCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D877

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

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