#E4CC49#E4CC49

#E4CC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.148 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC49
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -5.97, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 65.75, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0225 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.148 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7929, 60.1634, 15.0286)
Luminance	0.6016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC49 #4961E4

analogous

#E47F49 #E4CC49 #AFE449

triadic

#E4CC49 #49E4CC #CC49E4

tetradic

#E4CC49 #49E47F #4961E4 #E449AF

square

#E4CC49 #49E47F #4961E4 #E449AF

split-complementary

#E4CC49 #49AFE4 #7F49E4

monochromatic

#9C8717 #D1B51F #E4CC49 #ECDB7E #F4EAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E4CC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E4CC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC49

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC49	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.148 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db83',
    500: '#e4cc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc49;
$custom-light: #f0db83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.71,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84219,
    "c": 0.14846,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC49

secondary

#32439F

accent

#54F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC49

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

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