#E1CC4B#E1CC4B

#E1CC4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.147 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CC4B
RGB	rgb(225, 204, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -7.12, 64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 64.73, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0254 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.147 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9166, 59.7037, 15.3392)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CC4B #4B60E1

analogous

#E1814B #E1CC4B #ABE14B

triadic

#E1CC4B #4BE1CC #CC4BE1

tetradic

#E1CC4B #4BE181 #4B60E1 #E14BAB

square

#E1CC4B #4BE181 #4B60E1 #E14BAB

split-complementary

#E1CC4B #4BABE1 #814BE1

monochromatic

#988619 #CDB522 #E1CC4B #EADB7F #F2EAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E1CC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E1CC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CC4B

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CC4B	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)

#DFC73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cc4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 204, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.147 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb84',
    500: '#e1cc4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cc4b;
$custom-light: #eedb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cc4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83962,
    "c": 0.14698,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CC4B

secondary

#34439C

accent

#53EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CC4B

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

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