#E4D985#E4D985

#E4D985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.106 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D985
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 41.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -7.90, 42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 43.38, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0217 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.106 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.0427, 67.8149, 32.0598)
Luminance	0.6781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D985 #8590E4

analogous

#E4A985 #E4D985 #BFE485

triadic

#E4D985 #85E4D9 #D985E4

tetradic

#E4D985 #85E4A9 #8590E4 #E485BF

square

#E4D985 #85E4A9 #8590E4 #E485BF

split-complementary

#E4D985 #85BFE4 #A985E4

monochromatic

#C3B22B #D9C953 #E4D985 #EFE9B7 #F9F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E4D985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#E4D985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D985

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D985	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D47E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.106 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee4aa',
    500: '#e4d985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d985;
$custom-light: #eee4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.053,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87583,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D985

secondary

#515DBC

accent

#2FCC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D985

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

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