#E0CD57#E0CD57

#E0CD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CD57
RGB	rgb(224, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 61.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, -7.32, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 60.02, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0245 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2942, 60.2003, 17.7749)
Luminance	0.6020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CD57 #576AE0

analogous

#E08857 #E0CD57 #AEE057

triadic

#E0CD57 #57E0CD #CD57E0

tetradic

#E0CD57 #57E088 #576AE0 #E057AE

square

#E0CD57 #57E088 #576AE0 #E057AE

split-complementary

#E0CD57 #57AEE0 #8857E0

monochromatic

#9F8D1D #D3BB27 #E0CD57 #EADC8B #F3ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E0CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E0CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CD57

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CD57	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)

#DFC84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddc8b',
    500: '#e0cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cd57;
$custom-light: #eddc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84187,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CD57

secondary

#3947A2

accent

#2FD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CD57

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

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