#E0C453#E0C453

#E0C453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.135 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C453
RGB	rgb(224, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 62.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -2.96, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 58.81, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0125 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.135 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0441, 55.9543, 16.2409)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C453 #536FE0

analogous

#E07D53 #E0C453 #B6E053

triadic

#E0C453 #53E0C4 #C453E0

tetradic

#E0C453 #53E07D #536FE0 #E053B6

square

#E0C453 #53E07D #536FE0 #E053B6

split-complementary

#E0C453 #53B6E0 #7D53E0

monochromatic

#9C831C #D0AE26 #E0C453 #E9D687 #F3E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E0C453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#E0C453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C453

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C453	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)

#D7C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.135 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd588',
    500: '#e0c453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c453;
$custom-light: #edd588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82307,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C453

secondary

#374CA0

accent

#3AD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C453

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

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