#E4CC5D#E4CC5D

#E4CC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.133 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC5D
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 59.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -4.74, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 57.37, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0167 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.133 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5658, 60.4725, 19.0993)
Luminance	0.6047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC5D #5D75E4

analogous

#E4885D #E4CC5D #B9E45D

triadic

#E4CC5D #5DE4CC #CC5DE4

tetradic

#E4CC5D #5DE488 #5D75E4 #E45DB9

square

#E4CC5D #5DE488 #5D75E4 #E45DB9

split-complementary

#E4CC5D #5DB9E4 #885DE4

monochromatic

#AA911C #DBBB29 #E4CC5D #EDDD91 #F5EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#E4CC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC5D

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC5D	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)

#DEC851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.133 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb8f',
    500: '#e4cc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc5d;
$custom-light: #efdb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84405,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC5D

secondary

#394EAC

accent

#34D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC5D

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

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