#E4DC6B#E4DC6B

#E4DC6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.135 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC6B
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 107)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 53.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -11.78, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 56.93, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0353 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.135 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.2437, 68.7438, 24.0025)
Luminance	0.6874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC6B #6B73E4

analogous

#E49F6B #E4DC6B #AFE46B

triadic

#E4DC6B #6BE4DC #DC6BE4

tetradic

#E4DC6B #6BE49F #6B73E4 #E46BAF

square

#E4DC6B #6BE49F #6B73E4 #E46BAF

split-complementary

#E4DC6B #6BAFE4 #9F6BE4

monochromatic

#B4AA21 #DBD037 #E4DC6B #EDE89F #F7F4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DC6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#E4DC6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC6B

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC6B	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.135 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe698',
    500: '#e4dc6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc6b;
$custom-light: #efe698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87848,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC6B

secondary

#3F47B4

accent

#21D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC6B

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

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