#E1CC4E#E1CC4E

#E1CC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.145 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CC4E
RGB	rgb(225, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -6.95, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 63.53, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% -0.0246 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.145 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0217, 59.7458, 15.8928)
Luminance	0.5974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CC4E #4E63E1

analogous

#E1834E #E1CC4E #ACE14E

triadic

#E1CC4E #4EE1CC #CC4EE1

tetradic

#E1CC4E #4EE183 #4E63E1 #E14EAC

square

#E1CC4E #4EE183 #4E63E1 #E14EAC

split-complementary

#E1CC4E #4EACE1 #834EE1

monochromatic

#9A881A #CFB623 #E1CC4E #EADB82 #F3EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E1CC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E1CC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CC4E

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CC4E	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)

#DFC73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.145 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb85',
    500: '#e1cc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cc4e;
$custom-light: #eedb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83988,
    "c": 0.14481,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CC4E

secondary

#35449E

accent

#54EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CC4E

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

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