#E4CC65#E4CC65

#E4CC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.126 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC65
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -4.15, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 53.76, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0141 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.126 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9389, 60.6217, 21.0640)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC65 #657DE4

analogous

#E48C65 #E4CC65 #BDE465

triadic

#E4CC65 #65E4CC #CC65E4

tetradic

#E4CC65 #65E48C #657DE4 #E465BD

square

#E4CC65 #65E48C #657DE4 #E465BD

split-complementary

#E4CC65 #65BDE4 #8C65E4

monochromatic

#B0941F #DBBB31 #E4CC65 #EDDD99 #F6EECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E4CC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC65

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC65	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)

#DEC85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.126 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb94',
    500: '#e4cc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc65;
$custom-light: #efdb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84495,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC65

secondary

#3C52B1

accent

#37D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC65

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

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