#E4CE66#E4CE66

#E4CE66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.127 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE66
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 55.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -5.10, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 53.98, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0167 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.127 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4666, 61.5983, 21.4831)
Luminance	0.6160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE66 #667CE4

analogous

#E48F66 #E4CE66 #BBE466

triadic

#E4CE66 #66E4CE #CE66E4

tetradic

#E4CE66 #66E48F #667CE4 #E466BB

square

#E4CE66 #66E48F #667CE4 #E466BB

split-complementary

#E4CE66 #66BBE4 #8F66E4

monochromatic

#B0971F #DBBD32 #E4CE66 #EDDF9A #F6EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#E4CE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE66

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE66	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.127 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc94',
    500: '#e4ce66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce66;
$custom-light: #efdc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84913,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE66

secondary

#3D51B1

accent

#35D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE66

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

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