#E4CC5C#E4CC5C

#E4CC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.134 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC5C
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -4.81, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 57.81, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.017 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.134 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.5218, 60.4549, 18.8676)
Luminance	0.6045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC5C #5C74E4

analogous

#E4885C #E4CC5C #B8E45C

triadic

#E4CC5C #5CE4CC #CC5CE4

tetradic

#E4CC5C #5CE488 #5C74E4 #E45CB8

square

#E4CC5C #5CE488 #5C74E4 #E45CB8

split-complementary

#E4CC5C #5CB8E4 #885CE4

monochromatic

#AA911C #DBBC27 #E4CC5C #EDDC91 #F5EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#E4CC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC5C

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC5C	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)

#DEC750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.134 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb8e',
    500: '#e4cc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc5c;
$custom-light: #efdb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84394,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC5C

secondary

#394DAB

accent

#34D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC5C

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

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