#E0CA51#E0CA51

#E0CA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.141 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CA51
RGB	rgb(224, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -6.17, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 61.56, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0219 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.141 99)
XYZ	xyz(53.3485, 58.6848, 16.3002)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CA51 #5167E0

analogous

#E08251 #E0CA51 #AFE051

triadic

#E0CA51 #51E0CA #CA51E0

tetradic

#E0CA51 #51E082 #5167E0 #E051AF

square

#E0CA51 #51E082 #5167E0 #E051AF

split-complementary

#E0CA51 #51AFE0 #8251E0

monochromatic

#9B871C #CFB525 #E0CA51 #E9DA85 #F3EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E0CA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#E0CA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CA51

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CA51	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0ca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.141 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd987',
    500: '#e0ca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0ca51;
$custom-light: #edd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0ca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83514,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.58682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CA51

secondary

#37479F

accent

#57ED3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CA51

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

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