#E0C552#E0C552

#E0C552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.136 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C552
RGB	rgb(224, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 63.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -3.54, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 59.55, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0143 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.136 96)
XYZ	xyz(52.2321, 56.3915, 16.1144)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C552 #526DE0

analogous

#E07E52 #E0C552 #B4E052

triadic

#E0C552 #52E0C5 #C552E0

tetradic

#E0C552 #52E07E #526DE0 #E052B4

square

#E0C552 #52E07E #526DE0 #E052B4

split-complementary

#E0C552 #52B4E0 #7E52E0

monochromatic

#9C831C #D0AF25 #E0C552 #E9D686 #F3E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E0C552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#E0C552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C552

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C552	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.136 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd687',
    500: '#e0c552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c552;
$custom-light: #edd687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82501,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.56389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C552

secondary

#374B9F

accent

#5DEC3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C552

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

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