#E4DD79#E4DD79

#E4DD79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.123 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD79
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.79, -11.08, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.79, 50.84, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0319 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.123 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.3040, 69.5891, 28.2882)
Luminance	0.6959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD79 #7980E4

analogous

#E4A779 #E4DD79 #B5E479

triadic

#E4DD79 #79E4DD #DD79E4

tetradic

#E4DD79 #79E4A7 #7980E4 #E479B5

square

#E4DD79 #79E4A7 #7980E4 #E479B5

split-complementary

#E4DD79 #79B5E4 #A779E4

monochromatic

#BDB326 #DAD046 #E4DD79 #EEEAAC #F9F7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#E4DD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD79

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD79	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)

#ECD770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.123 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee7a2',
    500: '#e4dd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd79;
$custom-light: #eee7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88231,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD79

secondary

#464DBB

accent

#23CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD79

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

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