#E4DC6A#E4DC6A

#E4DC6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.136 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC6A
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 53.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.37, -11.86, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.37, 57.38, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0357 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.136 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.1914, 68.7229, 23.7270)
Luminance	0.6872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC6A #6A72E4

analogous

#E49F6A #E4DC6A #AFE46A

triadic

#E4DC6A #6AE4DC #DC6AE4

tetradic

#E4DC6A #6AE49F #6A72E4 #E46AAF

square

#E4DC6A #6AE49F #6A72E4 #E46AAF

split-complementary

#E4DC6A #6AAFE4 #9F6AE4

monochromatic

#B3AA20 #DBD036 #E4DC6A #EDE89E #F7F4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DC6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#E4DC6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC6A

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC6A	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.136 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe698',
    500: '#e4dc6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc6a;
$custom-light: #efe698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87837,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC6A

secondary

#3E46B4

accent

#21D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC6A

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

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