#E4D978#E4D978

#E4D978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.120 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D978
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 47.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -9.16, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 49.67, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.0265 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.12 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.1995, 67.4776, 27.6190)
Luminance	0.6748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D978 #7883E4

analogous

#E4A378 #E4D978 #B9E478

triadic

#E4D978 #78E4D9 #D978E4

tetradic

#E4D978 #78E4A3 #7883E4 #E478B9

square

#E4D978 #78E4A3 #7883E4 #E478B9

split-complementary

#E4D978 #78B9E4 #A378E4

monochromatic

#BCAD26 #DACB45 #E4D978 #EEE7AB #F8F6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E4D978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#E4D978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D978

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D978	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.120 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee4a1',
    500: '#e4d978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d978;
$custom-light: #eee4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87393,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D978

secondary

#4551BB

accent

#2ACF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D978

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

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