#E0C856#E0C856

#E0C856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C856
RGB	rgb(224, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -4.83, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 58.78, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0175 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0767, 57.8302, 17.1689)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C856 #566EE0

analogous

#E08356 #E0C856 #B3E056

triadic

#E0C856 #56E0C8 #C856E0

tetradic

#E0C856 #56E083 #566EE0 #E056B3

square

#E0C856 #56E083 #566EE0 #E056B3

split-complementary

#E0C856 #56B3E0 #8356E0

monochromatic

#9F881D #D2B427 #E0C856 #E9D98A #F3EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E0C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#E0C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C856

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C856	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd88a',
    500: '#e0c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c856;
$custom-light: #edd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83152,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C856

secondary

#384BA2

accent

#35D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C856

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

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