#E0CB51#E0CB51

#E0CB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CB51
RGB	rgb(224, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -6.68, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 61.89, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.0234 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5839, 59.1556, 16.3787)
Luminance	0.5915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CB51 #5166E0

analogous

#E08451 #E0CB51 #ADE051

triadic

#E0CB51 #51E0CB #CB51E0

tetradic

#E0CB51 #51E084 #5166E0 #E051AD

square

#E0CB51 #51E084 #5166E0 #E051AD

split-complementary

#E0CB51 #51ADE0 #8451E0

monochromatic

#9B881C #CFB625 #E0CB51 #E9DB85 #F3EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E0CB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#E0CB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CB51

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CB51	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edda87',
    500: '#e0cb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cb51;
$custom-light: #edda87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83719,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CB51

secondary

#37469F

accent

#55ED3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CB51

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

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