#E4D987#E4D987

#E4D987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.104 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D987
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 40.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -7.69, 41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 42.40, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0209 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.104 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.1821, 67.8707, 32.7944)
Luminance	0.6787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D987 #8792E4

analogous

#E4AA87 #E4D987 #C0E487

triadic

#E4D987 #87E4D9 #D987E4

tetradic

#E4D987 #87E4AA #8792E4 #E487C0

square

#E4D987 #87E4AA #8792E4 #E487C0

split-complementary

#E4D987 #87C0E4 #AA87E4

monochromatic

#C4B22C #D9C955 #E4D987 #EFE9B9 #F9F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E4D987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#E4D987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D987

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D987	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.104 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee4ab',
    500: '#e4d987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d987;
$custom-light: #eee4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87614,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D987

secondary

#535FBC

accent

#2FCB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D987

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

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