#E0C649#E0C649

#E0C649 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.144 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C649
RGB	rgb(224, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 67.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -4.58, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 63.58, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0183 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.144 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1396, 56.7191, 14.5036)
Luminance	0.5672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C649 #4963E0

analogous

#E07A49 #E0C649 #AEE049

triadic

#E0C649 #49E0C6 #C649E0

tetradic

#E0C649 #49E07A #4963E0 #E049AE

square

#E0C649 #49E07A #4963E0 #E049AE

split-complementary

#E0C649 #49AEE0 #7A49E0

monochromatic

#958019 #C9AD22 #E0C649 #E9D67D #F2E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E0C649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#E0C649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C649

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C649	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.144 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd682',
    500: '#e0c649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c649;
$custom-light: #edd682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.669,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82624,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C649

secondary

#34459A

accent

#59EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C649

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

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