#E0CC5E#E0CC5E

#E0CC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CC5E
RGB	rgb(224, 204, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 58%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -6.33, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 56.59, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0209 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3558, 59.8434, 19.2753)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CC5E #5E72E0

analogous

#E08B5E #E0CC5E #B3E05E

triadic

#E0CC5E #5EE0CC #CC5EE0

tetradic

#E0CC5E #5EE08B #5E72E0 #E05EB3

square

#E0CC5E #5EE08B #5E72E0 #E05EB3

split-complementary

#E0CC5E #5EB3E0 #8B5EE0

monochromatic

#A49020 #D6BC2B #E0CC5E #EADC91 #F4EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E0CC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E0CC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CC5E

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CC5E	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 204, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdb8f',
    500: '#e0cc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cc5e;
$custom-light: #ecdb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 67.708,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84055,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CC5E

secondary

#3B4CA7

accent

#32D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CC5E

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

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