#E0C357#E0C357

#E0C357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.131 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C357
RGB	rgb(224, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 61.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -2.18, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 56.77, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0098 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.131 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9782, 55.5682, 17.0029)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C357 #5774E0

analogous

#E07E57 #E0C357 #B8E057

triadic

#E0C357 #57E0C3 #C357E0

tetradic

#E0C357 #57E07E #5774E0 #E057B8

square

#E0C357 #57E07E #5774E0 #E057B8

split-complementary

#E0C357 #57B8E0 #7E57E0

monochromatic

#9F841D #D3AE27 #E0C357 #EAD58B #F3E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E0C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#E0C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C357

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C357	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.131 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd48a',
    500: '#e0c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c357;
$custom-light: #edd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82145,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C357

secondary

#394FA2

accent

#3DD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C357

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

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