#E1CC4F#E1CC4F

#E1CC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CC4F
RGB	rgb(225, 204, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 64.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -6.89, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 63.12, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.0243 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0578, 59.7602, 16.0831)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CC4F #4F64E1

analogous

#E1834F #E1CC4F #ADE14F

triadic

#E1CC4F #4FE1CC #CC4FE1

tetradic

#E1CC4F #4FE183 #4F64E1 #E14FAD

square

#E1CC4F #4FE183 #4F64E1 #E14FAD

split-complementary

#E1CC4F #4FADE1 #834FE1

monochromatic

#9B891A #CFB723 #E1CC4F #EADB83 #F3EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E1CC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E1CC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CC4F

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CC4F	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)

#DFC73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 204, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedb86',
    500: '#e1cc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cc4f;
$custom-light: #eedb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.37,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83997,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CC4F

secondary

#35459F

accent

#54EE3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CC4F

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

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