#E0C656#E0C656

#E0C656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.134 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C656
RGB	rgb(224, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -3.80, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 58.14, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0146 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.134 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.6165, 56.9098, 17.0155)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C656 #5670E0

analogous

#E08156 #E0C656 #B5E056

triadic

#E0C656 #56E0C6 #C656E0

tetradic

#E0C656 #56E081 #5670E0 #E056B5

square

#E0C656 #56E081 #5670E0 #E056B5

split-complementary

#E0C656 #56B5E0 #8156E0

monochromatic

#9F861D #D2B227 #E0C656 #E9D78A #F3E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E0C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#E0C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C656

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C656	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.134 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd78a',
    500: '#e0c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c656;
$custom-light: #edd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82744,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C656

secondary

#384CA2

accent

#38D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C656

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

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