#E4CC50#E4CC50

#E4CC50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.143 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC50
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -5.58, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 62.94, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0206 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.143 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.0382, 60.2615, 16.3204)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC50 #5068E4

analogous

#E48250 #E4CC50 #B2E450

triadic

#E4CC50 #50E4CC #CC50E4

tetradic

#E4CC50 #50E482 #5068E4 #E450B2

square

#E4CC50 #50E482 #5068E4 #E450B2

split-complementary

#E4CC50 #50B2E4 #8250E4

monochromatic

#A18B19 #D6B821 #E4CC50 #ECDB85 #F4EBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E4CC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E4CC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC50

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC50	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.143 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db87',
    500: '#e4cc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc50;
$custom-light: #f0db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84278,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC50

secondary

#3547A4

accent

#30D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC50

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

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