#E4DD72#E4DD72

#E4DD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.130 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD72
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -11.70, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 54.12, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0344 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.13 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.8902, 69.4236, 26.1089)
Luminance	0.6942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD72 #7279E4

analogous

#E4A472 #E4DD72 #B2E472

triadic

#E4DD72 #72E4DD #DD72E4

tetradic

#E4DD72 #72E4A4 #7279E4 #E472B2

square

#E4DD72 #72E4A4 #7279E4 #E472B2

split-complementary

#E4DD72 #72B2E4 #A472E4

monochromatic

#B8AF23 #DAD13F #E4DD72 #EEE9A5 #F8F6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#E4DD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD72

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD72	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.130 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe79d',
    500: '#e4dd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd72;
$custom-light: #efe79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8814,
    "c": 0.12955,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD72

secondary

#4249B9

accent

#21D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD72

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

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