#E4CC5A#E4CC5A

#E4CC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC5A
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.07, -4.95, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.07, 58.69, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.0176 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.4355, 60.4204, 18.4132)
Luminance	0.6042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC5A #5A72E4

analogous

#E4875A #E4CC5A #B7E45A

triadic

#E4CC5A #5AE4CC #CC5AE4

tetradic

#E4CC5A #5AE487 #5A72E4 #E45AB7

square

#E4CC5A #5AE487 #5A72E4 #E45AB7

split-complementary

#E4CC5A #5AB7E4 #875AE4

monochromatic

#A8901C #DBBC25 #E4CC5A #EDDC8F #F5EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E4CC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#E4CC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC5A

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC5A	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)

#DEC74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8d',
    500: '#e4cc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc5a;
$custom-light: #f0db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84374,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC5A

secondary

#384CAA

accent

#33D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC5A

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

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