#E5CC4C#E5CC4C

#E5CC4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.146 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC4C
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -5.38, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 64.65, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0205 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.146 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2130, 60.3682, 15.5800)
Luminance	0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC4C #4C65E5

analogous

#E5804C #E5CC4C #B2E54C

triadic

#E5CC4C #4CE5CC #CC4CE5

tetradic

#E5CC4C #4CE580 #4C65E5 #E54CB2

square

#E5CC4C #4CE580 #4C65E5 #E54CB2

split-complementary

#E5CC4C #4CB2E5 #804CE5

monochromatic

#9F8917 #D5B71F #E5CC4C #EDDB81 #F5EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E5CC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#E5CC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC4C

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC4C	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.146 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db84',
    500: '#e5cc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc4c;
$custom-light: #f1db84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84335,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC4C

secondary

#3345A2

accent

#55F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC4C

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

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