#E0CC51#E0CC51

#E0CC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.143 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CC51
RGB	rgb(224, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -7.19, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 62.22, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0248 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.143 100)
XYZ	xyz(53.8208, 59.6294, 16.4577)
Luminance	0.5963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CC51 #5165E0

analogous

#E08451 #E0CC51 #ADE051

triadic

#E0CC51 #51E0CC #CC51E0

tetradic

#E0CC51 #51E084 #5165E0 #E051AD

square

#E0CC51 #51E084 #5165E0 #E051AD

split-complementary

#E0CC51 #51ADE0 #8451E0

monochromatic

#9B891C #CFB725 #E0CC51 #E9DB85 #F3EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E0CC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E0CC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CC51

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CC51	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.143 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddb87',
    500: '#e0cc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cc51;
$custom-light: #eddb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83925,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.59627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CC51

secondary

#37459F

accent

#54ED3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CC51

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

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