#E4D96D#E4D96D

#E4D96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.130 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D96D
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 52.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -10.12, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 54.83, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.25% -0.0304 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(87.25% 0.13 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.5698, 67.2258, 24.3030)
Luminance	0.6722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D96D #6D78E4

analogous

#E49D6D #E4D96D #B3E46D

triadic

#E4D96D #6DE4D9 #D96DE4

tetradic

#E4D96D #6DE49D #6D78E4 #E46DB3

square

#E4D96D #6DE49D #6D78E4 #E46DB3

split-complementary

#E4D96D #6DB3E4 #9D6DE4

monochromatic

#B5A721 #DACC39 #E4D96D #EEE6A1 #F7F4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E4D96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#E4D96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D96D

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D96D	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.130 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe49a',
    500: '#e4d96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d96d;
$custom-light: #efe49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87252,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D96D

secondary

#404AB6

accent

#26D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D96D

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

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