#E0C452#E0C452

#E0C452 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.136 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C452
RGB	rgb(224, 196, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 63.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -3.02, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 59.24, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0128 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.136 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0057, 55.9389, 16.0390)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C452 #526EE0

analogous

#E07D52 #E0C452 #B5E052

triadic

#E0C452 #52E0C4 #C452E0

tetradic

#E0C452 #52E07D #526EE0 #E052B5

square

#E0C452 #52E07D #526EE0 #E052B5

split-complementary

#E0C452 #52B5E0 #7D52E0

monochromatic

#9C831C #D0AE25 #E0C452 #E9D686 #F3E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E0C452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#E0C452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C452

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C452	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 196, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.136 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd587',
    500: '#e0c452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c452;
$custom-light: #edd587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82298,
    "c": 0.13552,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C452

secondary

#374B9F

accent

#5EEC3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C452

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

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