#E4DC97#E4DC97

#E4DC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.089 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC97
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 33.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.96, -7.42, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.96, 35.72, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.019 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.089 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.1748, 69.9162, 39.4394)
Luminance	0.6992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC97 #979FE4

analogous

#E4B697 #E4DC97 #C6E497

triadic

#E4DC97 #97E4DC #DC97E4

tetradic

#E4DC97 #97E4B6 #979FE4 #E497C6

square

#E4DC97 #97E4B6 #979FE4 #E497C6

split-complementary

#E4DC97 #97C6E4 #B697E4

monochromatic

#CBBB36 #D7CC66 #E4DC97 #F1ECC8 #F9F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E4DC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#E4DC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC97

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC97	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.089 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede6b6',
    500: '#e4dc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc97;
$custom-light: #ede6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.766,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88496,
    "c": 0.0887,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC97

secondary

#626BBD

accent

#30C61F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC97

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

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