#E4CC55#E4CC55

#E4CC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC55
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -5.27, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 60.85, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0191 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.2298, 60.3381, 17.3298)
Luminance	0.6034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC55 #556DE4

analogous

#E48555 #E4CC55 #B5E455

triadic

#E4CC55 #55E4CC #CC55E4

tetradic

#E4CC55 #55E485 #556DE4 #E455B5

square

#E4CC55 #55E485 #556DE4 #E455B5

split-complementary

#E4CC55 #55B5E4 #8555E4

monochromatic

#A48D1A #D9BB23 #E4CC55 #ECDC8A #F5ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E4CC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#E4CC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC55

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC55	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8a',
    500: '#e4cc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc55;
$custom-light: #f0db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84324,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC55

secondary

#3649A7

accent

#32D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC55

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

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