#E4DC74#E4DC74

#E4DC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.127 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC74
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 116)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 49.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.48, -11.03, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.48, 52.78, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% -0.0322 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.127 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.7421, 68.9431, 26.6273)
Luminance	0.6894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC74 #747CE4

analogous

#E4A474 #E4DC74 #B4E474

triadic

#E4DC74 #74E4DC #DC74E4

tetradic

#E4DC74 #74E4A4 #747CE4 #E474B4

square

#E4DC74 #74E4A4 #747CE4 #E474B4

split-complementary

#E4DC74 #74B4E4 #A474E4

monochromatic

#BAAF24 #DACF41 #E4DC74 #EEE9A7 #F8F6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#E4DC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC74

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC74	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD56B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.127 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee69e',
    500: '#e4dc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc74;
$custom-light: #eee69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87959,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC74

secondary

#434BBA

accent

#23CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC74

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

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