#E0C252#E0C252

#E0C252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.134 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C252
RGB	rgb(224, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 63.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -1.99, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 58.64, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0098 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.134 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5576, 55.0427, 15.8896)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C252 #5270E0

analogous

#E07B52 #E0C252 #B7E052

triadic

#E0C252 #52E0C2 #C252E0

tetradic

#E0C252 #52E07B #5270E0 #E052B7

square

#E0C252 #52E07B #5270E0 #E052B7

split-complementary

#E0C252 #52B7E0 #7B52E0

monochromatic

#9C811C #D0AC25 #E0C252 #E9D486 #F3E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E0C252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#E0C252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C252

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C252	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.134 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd487',
    500: '#e0c252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c252;
$custom-light: #edd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81892,
    "c": 0.13409,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C252

secondary

#374D9F

accent

#61EC3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C252

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

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