#E0CD5B#E0CD5B

#E0CD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CD5B
RGB	rgb(224, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -7.05, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 58.27, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.0233 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4622, 60.2675, 18.6595)
Luminance	0.6027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CD5B #5B6EE0

analogous

#E08B5B #E0CD5B #B0E05B

triadic

#E0CD5B #5BE0CD #CD5BE0

tetradic

#E0CD5B #5BE08B #5B6EE0 #E05BB0

square

#E0CD5B #5BE08B #5B6EE0 #E05BB0

split-complementary

#E0CD5B #5BB0E0 #8B5BE0

monochromatic

#A28F1F #D5BD28 #E0CD5B #EADD8E #F3ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E0CD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E0CD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CD5B

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CD5B	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddc8d',
    500: '#e0cd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cd5b;
$custom-light: #eddc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84228,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CD5B

secondary

#3A4AA5

accent

#30D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CD5B

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

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