#E0C451#E0C451

#E0C451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.136 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C451
RGB	rgb(224, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -3.09, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 59.67, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0131 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.136 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9680, 55.9238, 15.8401)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C451 #516DE0

analogous

#E07D51 #E0C451 #B4E051

triadic

#E0C451 #51E0C4 #C451E0

tetradic

#E0C451 #51E07D #516DE0 #E051B4

square

#E0C451 #51E07D #516DE0 #E051B4

split-complementary

#E0C451 #51B4E0 #7D51E0

monochromatic

#9B821C #CFAE25 #E0C451 #E9D685 #F3E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E0C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E0C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C451

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C451	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)

#D7C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.136 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd587',
    500: '#e0c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c451;
$custom-light: #edd587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82288,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C451

secondary

#374B9F

accent

#5EED3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C451

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

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