#E4DC6D#E4DC6D

#E4DC6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.133 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC6D
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 52.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -11.62, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 56.02, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% -0.0347 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.133 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3501, 68.7864, 24.5631)
Luminance	0.6878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC6D #6D75E4

analogous

#E4A06D #E4DC6D #B0E46D

triadic

#E4DC6D #6DE4DC #DC6DE4

tetradic

#E4DC6D #6DE4A0 #6D75E4 #E46DB0

square

#E4DC6D #6DE4A0 #6D75E4 #E46DB0

split-complementary

#E4DC6D #6DB0E4 #A06DE4

monochromatic

#B5AB21 #DAD039 #E4DC6D #EEE8A1 #F7F5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DC6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#E4DC6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC6D

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC6D	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.133 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe69a',
    500: '#e4dc6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc6d;
$custom-light: #efe69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87872,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC6D

secondary

#4048B6

accent

#21D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC6D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →