#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
RGB	rgb(224, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 67.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -2.52, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 62.40, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0124 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.141 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2374, 54.9146, 14.2028)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

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
##E0C249	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E0C249

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

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