#E0C142#E0C142

#E0C142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.145 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C142
RGB	rgb(224, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -2.36, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 64.87, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0127 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.145 95)
XYZ	xyz(50.7964, 54.3833, 12.9747)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C142 #4261E0

analogous

#E07242 #E0C142 #B0E042

triadic

#E0C142 #42E0C1 #C142E0

tetradic

#E0C142 #42E072 #4261E0 #E042B0

square

#E0C142 #42E072 #4261E0 #E042B0

split-complementary

#E0C142 #42B0E0 #7242E0

monochromatic

#907818 #C5A420 #E0C142 #E9D277 #F1E3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E0C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#E0C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C142

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C142	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.145 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed37e',
    500: '#e0c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c142;
$custom-light: #eed37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.228,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81551,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.54381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C142

secondary

#314595

accent

#5DEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C142

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

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