#E4CC66#E4CC66

#E4CC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.125 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC66
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 102)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.19, -4.08, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.19, 53.30, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0138 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.125 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.9881, 60.6415, 21.3236)
Luminance	0.6064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC66 #667EE4

analogous

#E48D66 #E4CC66 #BDE466

triadic

#E4CC66 #66E4CC #CC66E4

tetradic

#E4CC66 #66E48D #667EE4 #E466BD

square

#E4CC66 #66E48D #667EE4 #E466BD

split-complementary

#E4CC66 #66BDE4 #8D66E4

monochromatic

#B0951F #DBBB32 #E4CC66 #EDDD9A #F6EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#E4CC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC66

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC66	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.125 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb94',
    500: '#e4cc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc66;
$custom-light: #efdb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84507,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC66

secondary

#3D53B1

accent

#38D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC66

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

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