#E0C255#E0C255

#E0C255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.132 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C255
RGB	rgb(224, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -1.80, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 57.34, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0089 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.132 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6743, 55.0894, 16.5040)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C255 #5573E0

analogous

#E07C55 #E0C255 #B9E055

triadic

#E0C255 #55E0C2 #C255E0

tetradic

#E0C255 #55E07C #5573E0 #E055B9

square

#E0C255 #55E07C #5573E0 #E055B9

split-complementary

#E0C255 #55B9E0 #7C55E0

monochromatic

#9E821D #D2AD26 #E0C255 #E9D589 #F3E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E0C255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#E0C255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C255

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C255	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.132 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd489',
    500: '#e0c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c255;
$custom-light: #edd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81922,
    "c": 0.1317,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C255

secondary

#384FA1

accent

#3DD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C255

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

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