#E0CD4E#E0CD4E

#E0CD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.146 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CD4E
RGB	rgb(224, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 65.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -7.88, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 63.79, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0271 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.146 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9492, 60.0623, 15.9577)
Luminance	0.6006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CD4E #4E61E0

analogous

#E0844E #E0CD4E #AAE04E

triadic

#E0CD4E #4EE0CD #CD4EE0

tetradic

#E0CD4E #4EE084 #4E61E0 #E04EAA

square

#E0CD4E #4EE084 #4E61E0 #E04EAA

split-complementary

#E0CD4E #4EAAE0 #844EE0

monochromatic

#99881B #CDB724 #E0CD4E #E9DC82 #F2EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E0CD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E0CD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CD4E

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CD4E	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.146 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddb86',
    500: '#e0cd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cd4e;
$custom-light: #eddb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.192,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84104,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CD4E

secondary

#35439D

accent

#52ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CD4E

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

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