#E4CC51#E4CC51

#E4CC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.143 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC51
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -5.52, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 62.53, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0203 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0754, 60.2764, 16.5165)
Luminance	0.6027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC51 #5169E4

analogous

#E48251 #E4CC51 #B2E451

triadic

#E4CC51 #51E4CC #CC51E4

tetradic

#E4CC51 #51E482 #5169E4 #E451B2

square

#E4CC51 #51E482 #5169E4 #E451B2

split-complementary

#E4CC51 #51B2E4 #8251E4

monochromatic

#A28B19 #D7B921 #E4CC51 #ECDC86 #F4EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E4CC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E4CC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC51

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC51	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)

#DFC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.143 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db87',
    500: '#e4cc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc51;
$custom-light: #f0db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84287,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC51

secondary

#3547A4

accent

#30D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC51

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

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