#E4CC5B#E4CC5B

#E4CC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC5B
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -4.88, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 58.25, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% -0.0173 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4784, 60.4376, 18.6389)
Luminance	0.6044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC5B #5B73E4

analogous

#E4875B #E4CC5B #B8E45B

triadic

#E4CC5B #5BE4CC #CC5BE4

tetradic

#E4CC5B #5BE487 #5B73E4 #E45BB8

square

#E4CC5B #5BE487 #5B73E4 #E45BB8

split-complementary

#E4CC5B #5BB8E4 #875BE4

monochromatic

#A9901C #DBBC26 #E4CC5B #EDDC90 #F5EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#E4CC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC5B

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC5B	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8d',
    500: '#e4cc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc5b;
$custom-light: #f0db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84384,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC5B

secondary

#394DAB

accent

#34D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC5B

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

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