#E4DC79#E4DC79

#E4DC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.122 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC79
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -10.58, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 50.42, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(88.03% -0.0305 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(88.03% 0.122 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.0408, 69.0626, 28.2004)
Luminance	0.6906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC79 #7981E4

analogous

#E4A679 #E4DC79 #B6E479

triadic

#E4DC79 #79E4DC #DC79E4

tetradic

#E4DC79 #79E4A6 #7981E4 #E479B6

square

#E4DC79 #79E4A6 #7981E4 #E479B6

split-complementary

#E4DC79 #79B6E4 #A679E4

monochromatic

#BDB126 #DACF46 #E4DC79 #EEE9AC #F9F7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#E4DC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC79

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC79	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.122 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee6a2',
    500: '#e4dc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc79;
$custom-light: #eee6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88025,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC79

secondary

#464FBB

accent

#25CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC79

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

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