#E0CC55#E0CC55

#E0CC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.139 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CC55
RGB	rgb(224, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -6.94, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 60.53, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0237 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.139 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9752, 59.6912, 17.2710)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CC55 #5569E0

analogous

#E08655 #E0CC55 #AEE055

triadic

#E0CC55 #55E0CC #CC55E0

tetradic

#E0CC55 #55E086 #5569E0 #E055AE

square

#E0CC55 #55E086 #5569E0 #E055AE

split-complementary

#E0CC55 #55AEE0 #8655E0

monochromatic

#9E8B1D #D2B926 #E0CC55 #E9DC89 #F3EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E0CC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E0CC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CC55

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CC55	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.139 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddb8a',
    500: '#e0cc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cc55;
$custom-light: #eddb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83962,
    "c": 0.13942,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CC55

secondary

#3847A1

accent

#30D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CC55

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

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