#E0C855#E0C855

#E0C855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C855
RGB	rgb(224, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -4.89, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 59.21, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0178 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0367, 57.8142, 16.9582)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C855 #556DE0

analogous

#E08255 #E0C855 #B3E055

triadic

#E0C855 #55E0C8 #C855E0

tetradic

#E0C855 #55E082 #556DE0 #E055B3

square

#E0C855 #55E082 #556DE0 #E055B3

split-complementary

#E0C855 #55B3E0 #8255E0

monochromatic

#9E881D #D2B426 #E0C855 #E9D989 #F3E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E0C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E0C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C855

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C855	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd889',
    500: '#e0c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c855;
$custom-light: #edd889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83142,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C855

secondary

#384AA1

accent

#35D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C855

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

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