#E4EC8D#E4EC8D

#E4EC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.119 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4EC8D
RGB	rgb(228, 236, 141)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(65, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 40.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.97, -16.52, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.97, 48.03, 110.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.63% -0.0457 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(91.63% 0.119 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.7988, 78.4090, 36.8097)
Luminance	0.7841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4EC8D #958DEC

analogous

#ECC58D #E4EC8D #B5EC8D

triadic

#E4EC8D #8DE4EC #EC8DE4

tetradic

#E4EC8D #8DECC5 #958DEC #EC8DB5

square

#E4EC8D #8DECC5 #958DEC #EC8DB5

split-complementary

#E4EC8D #8DB5EC #C58DEC

monochromatic

#CBDA24 #D8E359 #E4EC8D #F0F5C1 #F9FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E4EC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#E4EC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4EC8D

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4EC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4EC8D	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFE2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ec8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 236, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.119 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eef2b0',
    500: '#e4ec8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ec8d;
$custom-light: #eef2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ec8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.053,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91634,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4EC8D

secondary

#6056C7

accent

#12D322

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4EC8D

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

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