#E0C045#E0C045

#E0C045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.142 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C045
RGB	rgb(224, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 69.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -1.70, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 63.44, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0105 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.142 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.6669, 53.9790, 13.3793)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C045 #4565E0

analogous

#E07345 #E0C045 #B2E045

triadic

#E0C045 #45E0C0 #C045E0

tetradic

#E0C045 #45E073 #4565E0 #E045B2

square

#E0C045 #45E073 #4565E0 #E045B2

split-complementary

#E0C045 #45B2E0 #7345E0

monochromatic

#927918 #C7A521 #E0C045 #E9D279 #F1E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E0C045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#E0C045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C045

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C045	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.142 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed27f',
    500: '#e0c045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c045;
$custom-light: #eed27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.613,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81371,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C045

secondary

#324797

accent

#5FEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C045

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

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