#E4CC60#E4CC60

#E4CC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC60
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, -4.53, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 56.03, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0157 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.7013, 60.5267, 19.8129)
Luminance	0.6052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC60 #6078E4

analogous

#E48A60 #E4CC60 #BAE460

triadic

#E4CC60 #60E4CC #CC60E4

tetradic

#E4CC60 #60E48A #6078E4 #E460BA

square

#E4CC60 #60E48A #6078E4 #E460BA

split-complementary

#E4CC60 #60BAE4 #8A60E4

monochromatic

#AC921D #DBBB2C #E4CC60 #EDDD94 #F6EEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E4CC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC60

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC60	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)

#DEC855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb91',
    500: '#e4cc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc60;
$custom-light: #efdb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84438,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC60

secondary

#3A4FAE

accent

#36D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC60

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

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