#E4CC79#E4CC79

#E4CC79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.107 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC79
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -2.44, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 44.30, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.007 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.107 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0407, 61.0625, 26.8671)
Luminance	0.6106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC79 #7991E4

analogous

#E49679 #E4CC79 #C6E479

triadic

#E4CC79 #79E4CC #CC79E4

tetradic

#E4CC79 #79E496 #7991E4 #E479C6

square

#E4CC79 #79E496 #7991E4 #E479C6

split-complementary

#E4CC79 #79C6E4 #9679E4

monochromatic

#BD9B26 #DAB946 #E4CC79 #EEDFAC #F9F3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#E4CC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC79

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC79	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.107 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedba1',
    500: '#e4cc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc79;
$custom-light: #eedba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.542,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84759,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC79

secondary

#4660BB

accent

#40CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC79

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

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