#E0CA50#E0CA50

#E0CA50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.142 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CA50
RGB	rgb(224, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 64.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -6.23, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 61.98, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0222 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.142 99)
XYZ	xyz(53.3113, 58.6700, 16.1042)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CA50 #5066E0

analogous

#E08250 #E0CA50 #AEE050

triadic

#E0CA50 #50E0CA #CA50E0

tetradic

#E0CA50 #50E082 #5066E0 #E050AE

square

#E0CA50 #50E082 #5066E0 #E050AE

split-complementary

#E0CA50 #50AEE0 #8250E0

monochromatic

#9A871B #CEB425 #E0CA50 #E9DA84 #F2E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E0CA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#E0CA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CA50

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CA50	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0ca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.142 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd986',
    500: '#e0ca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0ca50;
$custom-light: #edd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0ca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 69.903,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83504,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.58668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CA50

secondary

#36469E

accent

#56ED3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CA50

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

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