#E0C249#E0C249

#E0C249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.141 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E0C249
RGBrgb(224, 194, 73)
HSLhsl(48, 71%, 58%)
HSVhsv(48, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.4%, 67.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.99, -2.52, 62.35)
CIE-LCHlch(78.99, 62.40, 92.31°)
OKLaboklab(81.81% -0.0124 0.1403)
OKLCHoklch(81.81% 0.141 95.1)
XYZxyz(51.2374, 54.9146, 14.2028)
Luminance0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E0C249 #4967E0
analogous
#E07649 #E0C249 #B3E049
triadic
#E0C249 #49E0C2 #C249E0
tetradic
#E0C249 #49E076 #4967E0 #E049B3
square
#E0C249 #49E076 #4967E0 #E049B3
split-complementary
#E0C249 #49B3E0 #7649E0
monochromatic
#957D19 #C9A822 #E0C249 #E9D47D #F2E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75
#E0C249 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98
#E0C249 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C249
11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E0C249#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E0C2491.001.7511.9811.98
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9821.001.001.00
##00000011.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BE39
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC84F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1B3A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e0c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.141 95.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd482',
    500: '#e0c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e0c249;
$custom-light: #edd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e0c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.079,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8181,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E0C249
secondary
#34489A
accent
#5EEE3A
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

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#E0C249 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva