#E0C153#E0C153
#E0C153 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.133 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E0C153 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 193, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 69%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 63%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 62.9%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.82, -1.41, 57.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.82, 57.92, 91.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.7% -0.008 0.1324) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.7% 0.133 93.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.3742, 54.6144, 16.0176) |
| Luminance | 0.5461 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.22
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.41
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.54
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.98
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.39
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E0C153 #5372E0
analogous
#E07B53 #E0C153 #B8E053
triadic
#E0C153 #53E0C1 #C153E0
tetradic
#E0C153 #53E07B #5372E0 #E053B8
square
#E0C153 #53E07B #5372E0 #E053B8
split-complementary
#E0C153 #53B8E0 #7B53E0
monochromatic
#9C801C #D0AB26 #E0C153 #E9D487 #F3E6BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.76
#E0C153 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.92
#E0C153 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E0C153
11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E0C153 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E0C153 | 1.00 | 1.76 | 11.92 | 11.92 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.76 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.92 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.92 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4BE47
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC758
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1B3A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e0c153; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 193, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.133 93.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edd388',
500: '#e0c153',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e0c153; $custom-light: #edd388; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e0c153",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 193,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.809,
"s": 69.458,
"l": 60.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81699,
"c": 0.1326,
"h": 93.5
},
"luminance": 0.54612
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E0C153
secondary
#374EA0
accent
#3ED114
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF3
border
#D6D4CD
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F