#E0CD51#E0CD51

#E0CD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.143 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CD51
RGB	rgb(224, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -7.70, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 62.55, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0263 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.143 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0592, 60.1063, 16.5371)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CD51 #5164E0

analogous

#E08651 #E0CD51 #ACE051

triadic

#E0CD51 #51E0CD #CD51E0

tetradic

#E0CD51 #51E086 #5164E0 #E051AC

square

#E0CD51 #51E086 #5164E0 #E051AC

split-complementary

#E0CD51 #51ACE0 #8651E0

monochromatic

#9B8A1C #CFB825 #E0CD51 #E9DC85 #F3EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E0CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E0CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CD51

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CD51	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.143 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddb87',
    500: '#e0cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cd51;
$custom-light: #eddb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8413,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CD51

secondary

#37449F

accent

#53ED3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CD51

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

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