#E0C951#E0C951

#E0C951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C951
RGB	rgb(224, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -5.66, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 61.23, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0205 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1146, 58.2171, 16.2223)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C951 #5168E0

analogous

#E08251 #E0C951 #AFE051

triadic

#E0C951 #51E0C9 #C951E0

tetradic

#E0C951 #51E082 #5168E0 #E051AF

square

#E0C951 #51E082 #5168E0 #E051AF

split-complementary

#E0C951 #51AFE0 #8251E0

monochromatic

#9B871C #CFB425 #E0C951 #E9D985 #F3E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E0C951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#E0C951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C951

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C951	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)

#DBC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd987',
    500: '#e0c951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c951;
$custom-light: #edd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83309,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C951

secondary

#37479F

accent

#58ED3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C951

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

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