#E4CC72#E4CC72

#E4CC72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.114 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC72
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -3.08, 47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 47.67, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.0096 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.114 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.6269, 60.8970, 24.6878)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC72 #728AE4

analogous

#E49372 #E4CC72 #C3E472

triadic

#E4CC72 #72E4CC #CC72E4

tetradic

#E4CC72 #72E493 #728AE4 #E472C3

square

#E4CC72 #72E493 #728AE4 #E472C3

split-complementary

#E4CC72 #72C3E4 #9372E4

monochromatic

#B89923 #DAB93F #E4CC72 #EEDFA5 #F8F1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E4CC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC72

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC72	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.114 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb9c',
    500: '#e4cc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc72;
$custom-light: #efdb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8466,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC72

secondary

#425BB9

accent

#3DD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC72

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

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