#E1CC4D#E1CC4D

#E1CC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.146 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CC4D
RGB	rgb(225, 204, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -7.01, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 63.93, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0248 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.146 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9861, 59.7315, 15.7054)
Luminance	0.5973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CC4D #4D62E1

analogous

#E1824D #E1CC4D #ACE14D

triadic

#E1CC4D #4DE1CC #CC4DE1

tetradic

#E1CC4D #4DE182 #4D62E1 #E14DAC

square

#E1CC4D #4DE182 #4D62E1 #E14DAC

split-complementary

#E1CC4D #4DACE1 #824DE1

monochromatic

#9A881A #CEB623 #E1CC4D #EADB81 #F3EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E1CC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E1CC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CC4D

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CC4D	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 204, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.146 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb85',
    500: '#e1cc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cc4d;
$custom-light: #eedb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.486,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83979,
    "c": 0.14553,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CC4D

secondary

#35449D

accent

#53EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CC4D

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

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