#E4DC8A#E4DC8A

#E4DC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.103 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC8A
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 138)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 39.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.76, -8.89, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.76, 42.19, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(88.28% -0.0241 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(88.28% 0.104 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.1766, 69.5170, 34.1826)
Luminance	0.6952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC8A #8A92E4

analogous

#E4AF8A #E4DC8A #BFE48A

triadic

#E4DC8A #8AE4DC #DC8AE4

tetradic

#E4DC8A #8AE4AF #8A92E4 #E48ABF

square

#E4DC8A #8AE4AF #8A92E4 #E48ABF

split-complementary

#E4DC8A #8ABFE4 #AF8AE4

monochromatic

#C6B82E #D9CD58 #E4DC8A #EFEBBC #F9F8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#E4DC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC8A

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC8A	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.103 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee6ad',
    500: '#e4dc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc8a;
$custom-light: #eee6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88276,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC8A

secondary

#565FBD

accent

#2BCA1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC8A

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

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