#E4D993#E4D993

#E4D993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.090 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D993
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 147)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 35.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, -6.37, 35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 36.44, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.0162 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.09 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0751, 68.2279, 37.4974)
Luminance	0.6823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D993 #939EE4

analogous

#E4B093 #E4D993 #C6E493

triadic

#E4D993 #93E4D9 #D993E4

tetradic

#E4D993 #93E4B0 #939EE4 #E493C6

square

#E4D993 #93E4B0 #939EE4 #E493C6

split-complementary

#E4D993 #93C6E4 #B093E4

monochromatic

#CAB533 #D8C862 #E4D993 #F0EAC4 #F9F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4D993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#E4D993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D993

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D993	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D58E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.090 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede4b3',
    500: '#e4d993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d993;
$custom-light: #ede4b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.852,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87813,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D993

secondary

#5E6BBD

accent

#35C81E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D993

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

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