#E0C44E#E0C44E

#E0C44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.139 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C44E
RGB	rgb(224, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 65.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -3.27, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 60.93, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.014 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.139 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8580, 55.8798, 15.2606)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C44E #4E6AE0

analogous

#E07B4E #E0C44E #B3E04E

triadic

#E0C44E #4EE0C4 #C44EE0

tetradic

#E0C44E #4EE07B #4E6AE0 #E04EB3

square

#E0C44E #4EE07B #4E6AE0 #E04EB3

split-complementary

#E0C44E #4EB3E0 #7B4EE0

monochromatic

#99811B #CDAC24 #E0C44E #E9D582 #F2E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E0C44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E0C44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C44E

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C44E	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.139 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd585',
    500: '#e0c44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c44e;
$custom-light: #edd585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8226,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C44E

secondary

#35499D

accent

#5DED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C44E

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

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