#E5CC4E#E5CC4E

#E5CC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.145 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC4E
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, -5.27, 63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 63.84, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% -0.02 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.145 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.2836, 60.3964, 15.9520)
Luminance	0.6039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC4E #4E67E5

analogous

#E5804E #E5CC4E #B3E54E

triadic

#E5CC4E #4EE5CC #CC4EE5

tetradic

#E5CC4E #4EE580 #4E67E5 #E54EB3

square

#E5CC4E #4EE580 #4E67E5 #E54EB3

split-complementary

#E5CC4E #4EB3E5 #804EE5

monochromatic

#A18A18 #D6B81F #E5CC4E #EDDB83 #F5EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E5CC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#E5CC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC4E

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC4E	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.145 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db86',
    500: '#e5cc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc4e;
$custom-light: #f1db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.066,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84352,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC4E

secondary

#3446A4

accent

#30D70F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC4E

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

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