#E4CC63#E4CC63

#E4CC63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.128 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC63
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 99)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 56.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -4.31, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 54.67, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0148 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.128 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8421, 60.5830, 20.5542)
Luminance	0.6058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC63 #637BE4

analogous

#E48C63 #E4CC63 #BCE463

triadic

#E4CC63 #63E4CC #CC63E4

tetradic

#E4CC63 #63E48C #637BE4 #E463BC

square

#E4CC63 #63E48C #637BE4 #E463BC

split-complementary

#E4CC63 #63BCE4 #8C63E4

monochromatic

#AE941E #DBBB2F #E4CC63 #EDDD97 #F6EECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CC63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E4CC63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC63

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC63	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.128 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb92',
    500: '#e4cc63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc63;
$custom-light: #efdb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84472,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC63

secondary

#3C51B0

accent

#37D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC63

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

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