#E4DC8D#E4DC8D

#E4DC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.100 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC8D
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 141)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 38.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -8.56, 39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 40.71, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(88.32% -0.023 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(88.32% 0.1 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.3968, 69.6050, 35.3423)
Luminance	0.6960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC8D #8D95E4

analogous

#E4B18D #E4DC8D #C0E48D

triadic

#E4DC8D #8DE4DC #DC8DE4

tetradic

#E4DC8D #8DE4B1 #8D95E4 #E48DC0

square

#E4DC8D #8DE4B1 #8D95E4 #E48DC0

split-complementary

#E4DC8D #8DC0E4 #B18DE4

monochromatic

#C7B92F #D8CD5C #E4DC8D #F0EBBE #F9F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#E4DC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC8D

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC8D	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDB90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.100 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee6af',
    500: '#e4dc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc8d;
$custom-light: #eee6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.483,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88324,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC8D

secondary

#5862BD

accent

#2CC91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC8D

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

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