#E4CC57#E4CC57

#E4CC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.138 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC57
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -5.14, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 59.99, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0185 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.138 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3104, 60.3704, 17.7542)
Luminance	0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC57 #576FE4

analogous

#E48657 #E4CC57 #B6E457

triadic

#E4CC57 #57E4CC #CC57E4

tetradic

#E4CC57 #57E486 #576FE4 #E457B6

square

#E4CC57 #57E486 #576FE4 #E457B6

split-complementary

#E4CC57 #57B6E4 #8657E4

monochromatic

#A68E1B #DBBB23 #E4CC57 #ECDC8C #F5ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E4CC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#E4CC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC57

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC57	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)

#DFC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.138 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8b',
    500: '#e4cc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc57;
$custom-light: #f0db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84344,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC57

secondary

#374AA8

accent

#32D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC57

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

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