#E0C448#E0C448

#E0C448 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.143 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C448
RGB	rgb(224, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 67.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -3.61, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 63.38, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0156 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.143 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6526, 55.7977, 14.1790)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C448 #4864E0

analogous

#E07848 #E0C448 #B0E048

triadic

#E0C448 #48E0C4 #C448E0

tetradic

#E0C448 #48E078 #4864E0 #E048B0

square

#E0C448 #48E078 #4864E0 #E048B0

split-complementary

#E0C448 #48B0E0 #7848E0

monochromatic

#947E19 #C9AA22 #E0C448 #E9D57C #F2E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E0C448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#E0C448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C448

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C448	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.143 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd581',
    500: '#e0c448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c448;
$custom-light: #edd581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82208,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C448

secondary

#334699

accent

#5BEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C448

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

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