#E0C155#E0C155

#E0C155 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.131 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C155
RGB	rgb(224, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -1.28, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 57.05, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0074 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.131 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4525, 54.6458, 16.4301)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C155 #5574E0

analogous

#E07C55 #E0C155 #B9E055

triadic

#E0C155 #55E0C1 #C155E0

tetradic

#E0C155 #55E07C #5574E0 #E055B9

square

#E0C155 #55E07C #5574E0 #E055B9

split-complementary

#E0C155 #55B9E0 #7C55E0

monochromatic

#9E811D #D2AB26 #E0C155 #E9D489 #F3E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E0C155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#E0C155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C155

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C155	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.131 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd389',
    500: '#e0c155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c155;
$custom-light: #edd389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8172,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C155

secondary

#384FA1

accent

#3ED114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C155

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

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