#E0C048#E0C048

#E0C048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.140 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C048
RGB	rgb(224, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 67.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -1.54, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 62.24, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0097 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.14 94)
XYZ	xyz(50.7623, 54.0172, 13.8822)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C048 #4868E0

analogous

#E07448 #E0C048 #B4E048

triadic

#E0C048 #48E0C0 #C048E0

tetradic

#E0C048 #48E074 #4868E0 #E048B4

square

#E0C048 #48E074 #4868E0 #E048B4

split-complementary

#E0C048 #48B4E0 #7448E0

monochromatic

#947A19 #C9A622 #E0C048 #E9D27C #F2E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E0C048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#E0C048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C048

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C048	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)

#D4BD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.140 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd281',
    500: '#e0c048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c048;
$custom-light: #edd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81396,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.54014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C048

secondary

#334999

accent

#60EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C048

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

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