#E0C857#E0C857

#E0C857 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	#E0C857
RGB	rgb(224, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 61.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -4.76, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 58.34, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0172 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1173, 57.8464, 17.3826)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C857 #576FE0

analogous

#E08357 #E0C857 #B3E057

triadic

#E0C857 #57E0C8 #C857E0

tetradic

#E0C857 #57E083 #576FE0 #E057B3

square

#E0C857 #57E083 #576FE0 #E057B3

split-complementary

#E0C857 #57B3E0 #8357E0

monochromatic

#9F881D #D3B527 #E0C857 #EAD98B #F3EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E0C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#E0C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C857

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C857	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)

#DAC44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd88b',
    500: '#e0c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c857;
$custom-light: #edd88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83162,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C857

secondary

#394BA2

accent

#36D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C857

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

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