#E0CD56#E0CD56

#E0CD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.139 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CD56
RGB	rgb(224, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.94, -7.38, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.94, 60.45, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0248 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.139 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2537, 60.1841, 17.5612)
Luminance	0.6018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CD56 #5669E0

analogous

#E08856 #E0CD56 #AEE056

triadic

#E0CD56 #56E0CD #CD56E0

tetradic

#E0CD56 #56E088 #5669E0 #E056AE

square

#E0CD56 #56E088 #5669E0 #E056AE

split-complementary

#E0CD56 #56AEE0 #8856E0

monochromatic

#9F8D1D #D2BB27 #E0CD56 #E9DC8A #F3ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E0CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E0CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CD56

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CD56	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.139 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddc8a',
    500: '#e0cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cd56;
$custom-light: #eddc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84178,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CD56

secondary

#3847A2

accent

#2ED115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CD56

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

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