#E1CC4A#E1CC4A

#E1CC4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.148 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CC4A
RGB	rgb(225, 204, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -7.17, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 65.13, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0256 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.148 100)
XYZ	xyz(53.8826, 59.6901, 15.1604)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CC4A #4A5FE1

analogous

#E1804A #E1CC4A #AAE14A

triadic

#E1CC4A #4AE1CC #CC4AE1

tetradic

#E1CC4A #4AE180 #4A5FE1 #E14AAA

square

#E1CC4A #4AE180 #4A5FE1 #E14AAA

split-complementary

#E1CC4A #4AAAE1 #804AE1

monochromatic

#978619 #CCB422 #E1CC4A #EADB7E #F2EAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E1CC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E1CC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CC4A

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CC4A	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 204, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.148 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb83',
    500: '#e1cc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cc4a;
$custom-light: #eedb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.656,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83954,
    "c": 0.14768,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.59688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CC4A

secondary

#34429B

accent

#53EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CC4A

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

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