#E4CC5E#E4CC5E

#E4CC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.132 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC5E
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -4.67, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 56.92, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0164 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.132 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6104, 60.4904, 19.3341)
Luminance	0.6049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC5E #5E76E4

analogous

#E4895E #E4CC5E #B9E45E

triadic

#E4CC5E #5EE4CC #CC5EE4

tetradic

#E4CC5E #5EE489 #5E76E4 #E45EB9

square

#E4CC5E #5EE489 #5E76E4 #E45EB9

split-complementary

#E4CC5E #5EB9E4 #895EE4

monochromatic

#AB911D #DBBB2A #E4CC5E #EDDD92 #F6EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E4CC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC5E

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC5E	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.132 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb8f',
    500: '#e4cc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc5e;
$custom-light: #efdb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84416,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC5E

secondary

#3A4EAD

accent

#35D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC5E

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

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