#E0C446#E0C446

#E0C446 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.144 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C446
RGB	rgb(224, 196, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 68.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -3.71, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 64.17, 93.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0161 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.144 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.5884, 55.7720, 13.8409)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C446 #4662E0

analogous

#E07746 #E0C446 #AFE046

triadic

#E0C446 #46E0C4 #C446E0

tetradic

#E0C446 #46E077 #4662E0 #E046AF

square

#E0C446 #46E077 #4662E0 #E046AF

split-complementary

#E0C446 #46AFE0 #7746E0

monochromatic

#937D19 #C7A921 #E0C446 #E9D57A #F2E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E0C446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E0C446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C446

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C446	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 196, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.144 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd580',
    500: '#e0c446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c446;
$custom-light: #edd580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82192,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C446

secondary

#334598

accent

#5BEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C446

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

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