#E0CC59#E0CC59

#E0CC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CC59
RGB	rgb(224, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -6.68, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 58.81, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.0225 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1386, 59.7566, 18.1317)
Luminance	0.5975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CC59 #596DE0

analogous

#E08959 #E0CC59 #B1E059

triadic

#E0CC59 #59E0CC #CC59E0

tetradic

#E0CC59 #59E089 #596DE0 #E059B1

square

#E0CC59 #59E089 #596DE0 #E059B1

split-complementary

#E0CC59 #59B1E0 #8959E0

monochromatic

#A18D1E #D4BB28 #E0CC59 #EADC8D #F3ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E0CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E0CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CC59

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CC59	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddb8c',
    500: '#e0cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cc59;
$custom-light: #eddb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84002,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CC59

secondary

#3A49A4

accent

#31D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CC59

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

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