#E4D974#E4D974

#E4D974 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.124 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D974
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 49.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, -9.52, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 51.56, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.34% -0.0279 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(87.34% 0.124 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.9618, 67.3825, 26.3672)
Luminance	0.6738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D974 #747FE4

analogous

#E4A174 #E4D974 #B7E474

triadic

#E4D974 #74E4D9 #D974E4

tetradic

#E4D974 #74E4A1 #747FE4 #E474B7

square

#E4D974 #74E4A1 #747FE4 #E474B7

split-complementary

#E4D974 #74B7E4 #A174E4

monochromatic

#BAAB24 #DACB41 #E4D974 #EEE7A7 #F8F5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E4D974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#E4D974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D974

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D974	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.124 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee49e',
    500: '#e4d974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d974;
$custom-light: #eee49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8734,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D974

secondary

#434EBA

accent

#28CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D974

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

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