#E0C449#E0C449

#E0C449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.142 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C449
RGB	rgb(224, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 67.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -3.55, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 62.98, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0154 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.142 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6855, 55.8108, 14.3522)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C449 #4965E0

analogous

#E07849 #E0C449 #B0E049

triadic

#E0C449 #49E0C4 #C449E0

tetradic

#E0C449 #49E078 #4965E0 #E049B0

square

#E0C449 #49E078 #4965E0 #E049B0

split-complementary

#E0C449 #49B0E0 #7849E0

monochromatic

#957E19 #C9AA22 #E0C449 #E9D57D #F2E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E0C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#E0C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C449

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C449	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)

#D7C039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.142 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd582',
    500: '#e0c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c449;
$custom-light: #edd582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.874,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82217,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C449

secondary

#34479A

accent

#5BEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C449

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

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