#E0CD44#E0CD44

#E0CD44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.153 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CD44
RGB	rgb(224, 205, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 69.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, -8.42, 67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 67.70, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0297 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.153 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6176, 59.9297, 14.2110)
Luminance	0.5993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CD44 #4457E0

analogous

#E07F44 #E0CD44 #A5E044

triadic

#E0CD44 #44E0CD #CD44E0

tetradic

#E0CD44 #44E07F #4457E0 #E044A5

square

#E0CD44 #44E07F #4457E0 #E044A5

split-complementary

#E0CD44 #44A5E0 #7F44E0

monochromatic

#918318 #C6B221 #E0CD44 #E9DB78 #F1E9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E0CD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#E0CD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CD44

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CD44	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 205, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.153 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddb80',
    500: '#e0cd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cd44;
$custom-light: #eddb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.692,
    "s": 71.56,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84024,
    "c": 0.15254,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CD44

secondary

#323E96

accent

#50EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CD44

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

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