#E4DC66#E4DC66

#E4DC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.140 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC66
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 55.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -12.17, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 59.17, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.037 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.14 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.9882, 68.6416, 22.6570)
Luminance	0.6864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC66 #666EE4

analogous

#E49D66 #E4DC66 #ADE466

triadic

#E4DC66 #66E4DC #DC66E4

tetradic

#E4DC66 #66E49D #666EE4 #E466AD

square

#E4DC66 #66E49D #666EE4 #E466AD

split-complementary

#E4DC66 #66ADE4 #9D66E4

monochromatic

#B0A71F #DBD032 #E4DC66 #EDE89A #F6F4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#E4DC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC66

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC66	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.140 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe695',
    500: '#e4dc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc66;
$custom-light: #efe695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87792,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC66

secondary

#3D44B1

accent

#20D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC66

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

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