#E0CA59#E0CA59

#E0CA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CA59
RGB	rgb(224, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -5.65, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 58.13, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0195 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6663, 58.8120, 17.9743)
Luminance	0.5881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CA59 #596FE0

analogous

#E08759 #E0CA59 #B3E059

triadic

#E0CA59 #59E0CA #CA59E0

tetradic

#E0CA59 #59E087 #596FE0 #E059B3

square

#E0CA59 #59E087 #596FE0 #E059B3

split-complementary

#E0CA59 #59B3E0 #8759E0

monochromatic

#A18B1E #D4B828 #E0CA59 #EADA8D #F3EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E0CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E0CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CA59

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CA59	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd98c',
    500: '#e0ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0ca59;
$custom-light: #edd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83592,
    "c": 0.1345,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CA59

secondary

#3A4BA4

accent

#34D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CA59

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

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