#E0CB59#E0CB59

#E0CB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CB59
RGB	rgb(224, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -6.16, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 58.46, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.021 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9017, 59.2828, 18.0527)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CB59 #596EE0

analogous

#E08859 #E0CB59 #B2E059

triadic

#E0CB59 #59E0CB #CB59E0

tetradic

#E0CB59 #59E088 #596EE0 #E059B2

square

#E0CB59 #59E088 #596EE0 #E059B2

split-complementary

#E0CB59 #59B2E0 #8859E0

monochromatic

#A18C1E #D4B928 #E0CB59 #EADB8D #F3EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E0CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E0CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CB59

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CB59	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edda8c',
    500: '#e0cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cb59;
$custom-light: #edda8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83797,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CB59

secondary

#3A4AA4

accent

#32D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CB59

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

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