#E0CC61#E0CC61

#E0CC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.129 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CC61
RGB	rgb(224, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 56.7%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -6.11, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 55.24, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0199 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.129 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4930, 59.8983, 19.9981)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CC61 #6175E0

analogous

#E08C61 #E0CC61 #B5E061

triadic

#E0CC61 #61E0CC #CC61E0

tetradic

#E0CC61 #61E08C #6175E0 #E061B5

square

#E0CC61 #61E08C #6175E0 #E061B5

split-complementary

#E0CC61 #61B5E0 #8C61E0

monochromatic

#A69121 #D6BB2E #E0CC61 #EADD94 #F4EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E0CC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#E0CC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CC61

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CC61	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.129 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdb91',
    500: '#e0cc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cc61;
$custom-light: #ecdb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 67.196,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84088,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CC61

secondary

#3D4EA9

accent

#33CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CC61

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

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