#E0C54E#E0C54E

#E0C54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.139 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C54E
RGB	rgb(224, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 65.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -3.78, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 61.23, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0154 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.139 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0843, 56.3324, 15.3361)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C54E #4E69E0

analogous

#E07C4E #E0C54E #B2E04E

triadic

#E0C54E #4EE0C5 #C54EE0

tetradic

#E0C54E #4EE07C #4E69E0 #E04EB2

square

#E0C54E #4EE07C #4E69E0 #E04EB2

split-complementary

#E0C54E #4EB2E0 #7C4EE0

monochromatic

#99821B #CDAE24 #E0C54E #E9D682 #F2E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E0C54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#E0C54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C54E

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C54E	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.139 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd685',
    500: '#e0c54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c54e;
$custom-light: #edd685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82464,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C54E

secondary

#35499D

accent

#5CED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C54E

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

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