#E0C550#E0C550

#E0C550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.138 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C550
RGB	rgb(224, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 64.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -3.66, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 60.40, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0149 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.138 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1571, 56.3615, 15.7195)
Luminance	0.5636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C550 #506BE0

analogous

#E07D50 #E0C550 #B3E050

triadic

#E0C550 #50E0C5 #C550E0

tetradic

#E0C550 #50E07D #506BE0 #E050B3

square

#E0C550 #50E07D #506BE0 #E050B3

split-complementary

#E0C550 #50B3E0 #7D50E0

monochromatic

#9A821B #CEAE25 #E0C550 #E9D684 #F2E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E0C550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#E0C550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C550

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C550	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)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.138 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd686',
    500: '#e0c550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c550;
$custom-light: #edd686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 69.903,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82482,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C550

secondary

#364A9E

accent

#5CED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C550

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

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