#E0C44C#E0C44C

#E0C44C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.140 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C44C
RGB	rgb(224, 196, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 66.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -3.38, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 61.76, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0145 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.14 96)
XYZ	xyz(51.7873, 55.8516, 14.8887)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C44C #4C68E0

analogous

#E07A4C #E0C44C #B2E04C

triadic

#E0C44C #4CE0C4 #C44CE0

tetradic

#E0C44C #4CE07A #4C68E0 #E04CB2

square

#E0C44C #4CE07A #4C68E0 #E04CB2

split-complementary

#E0C44C #4CB2E0 #7A4CE0

monochromatic

#97801A #CCAC23 #E0C44C #E9D580 #F2E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E0C44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#E0C44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C44C

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C44C	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 196, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.140 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd584',
    500: '#e0c44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c44c;
$custom-light: #edd584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82242,
    "c": 0.14006,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.55849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C44C

secondary

#35489B

accent

#5CED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C44C

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

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