#E4CC61#E4CC61

#E4CC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.130 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC61
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, -4.45, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 55.58, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0154 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.13 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.7476, 60.5452, 20.0569)
Luminance	0.6054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC61 #6179E4

analogous

#E48A61 #E4CC61 #BAE461

triadic

#E4CC61 #61E4CC #CC61E4

tetradic

#E4CC61 #61E48A #6179E4 #E461BA

square

#E4CC61 #61E48A #6179E4 #E461BA

split-complementary

#E4CC61 #61BAE4 #8A61E4

monochromatic

#AD931E #DBBB2D #E4CC61 #EDDD95 #F6EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E4CC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC61

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC61	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.130 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb91',
    500: '#e4cc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc61;
$custom-light: #efdb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84449,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC61

secondary

#3B50AE

accent

#36D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC61

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

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