#E0C950#E0C950

#E0C950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.141 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C950
RGB	rgb(224, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 64.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -5.72, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 61.65, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0208 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.141 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0774, 58.2022, 16.0262)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C950 #5067E0

analogous

#E08150 #E0C950 #AFE050

triadic

#E0C950 #50E0C9 #C950E0

tetradic

#E0C950 #50E081 #5067E0 #E050AF

square

#E0C950 #50E081 #5067E0 #E050AF

split-complementary

#E0C950 #50AFE0 #8150E0

monochromatic

#9A861B #CEB325 #E0C950 #E9D984 #F2E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E0C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#E0C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C950

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C950	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.141 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd986',
    500: '#e0c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c950;
$custom-light: #edd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 69.903,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83299,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C950

secondary

#36479E

accent

#57ED3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C950

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

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