#E4CC59#E4CC59

#E4CC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.136 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC59
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, -5.01, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 59.12, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.0179 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.136 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.3933, 60.4035, 18.1905)
Luminance	0.6040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC59 #5971E4

analogous

#E48659 #E4CC59 #B7E459

triadic

#E4CC59 #59E4CC #CC59E4

tetradic

#E4CC59 #59E486 #5971E4 #E459B7

square

#E4CC59 #59E486 #5971E4 #E459B7

split-complementary

#E4CC59 #59B7E4 #8659E4

monochromatic

#A78F1B #DBBC24 #E4CC59 #EDDC8E #F5ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E4CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#E4CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC59

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC59	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.136 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8c',
    500: '#e4cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc59;
$custom-light: #f0db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84363,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC59

secondary

#384BA9

accent

#33D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC59

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

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