#E0BC42#E0BC42

#E0BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.142 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0BC42
RGB	rgb(224, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, 0.23, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 63.55, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0053 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.142 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.7097, 52.2100, 12.6124)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0BC42 #4266E0

analogous

#E06D42 #E0BC42 #B5E042

triadic

#E0BC42 #42E0BC #BC42E0

tetradic

#E0BC42 #42E06D #4266E0 #E042B5

square

#E0BC42 #42E06D #4266E0 #E042B5

split-complementary

#E0BC42 #42B5E0 #6D42E0

monochromatic

#907518 #C59F20 #E0BC42 #E9CF77 #F1E1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E0BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#E0BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0BC42

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0BC42	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.142 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecf7d',
    500: '#e0bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0bc42;
$custom-light: #eecf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.329,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80541,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0BC42

secondary

#314895

accent

#63EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0BC42

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

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