#E0C259#E0C259

#E0C259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.128 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C259
RGB	rgb(224, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -1.53, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 55.58, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0077 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.128 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8377, 55.1547, 17.3647)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C259 #5977E0

analogous

#E07F59 #E0C259 #BBE059

triadic

#E0C259 #59E0C2 #C259E0

tetradic

#E0C259 #59E07F #5977E0 #E059BB

square

#E0C259 #59E07F #5977E0 #E059BB

split-complementary

#E0C259 #59BBE0 #7F59E0

monochromatic

#A1841E #D4AE28 #E0C259 #EAD58D #F3E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E0C259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E0C259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C259

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C259	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.128 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd48b',
    500: '#e0c259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c259;
$custom-light: #edd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81964,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C259

secondary

#3A51A4

accent

#3FD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C259

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

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