#E4CC62#E4CC62

#E4CC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.129 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC62
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -4.38, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 55.13, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0151 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.129 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.7945, 60.5640, 20.3040)
Luminance	0.6056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC62 #627AE4

analogous

#E48B62 #E4CC62 #BBE462

triadic

#E4CC62 #62E4CC #CC62E4

tetradic

#E4CC62 #62E48B #627AE4 #E462BB

square

#E4CC62 #62E48B #627AE4 #E462BB

split-complementary

#E4CC62 #62BBE4 #8B62E4

monochromatic

#AE931E #DBBB2E #E4CC62 #EDDD96 #F6EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E4CC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC62

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC62	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)

#DEC857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.129 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb92',
    500: '#e4cc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc62;
$custom-light: #efdb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8446,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC62

secondary

#3B51AF

accent

#36D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC62

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

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