#E0CD60#E0CD60
#E0CD60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E0CD60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 205, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 67%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 57%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 57.1%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.03, -6.69, 55.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.03, 56.05, 96.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.28% -0.0217 0.1292) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.28% 0.131 99.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.6851, 60.3567, 19.8335) |
| Luminance | 0.6035 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.99
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.04
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.06
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.74
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.93
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E0CD60 #6073E0
analogous
#E08D60 #E0CD60 #B3E060
triadic
#E0CD60 #60E0CD #CD60E0
tetradic
#E0CD60 #60E08D #6073E0 #E060B3
square
#E0CD60 #60E08D #6073E0 #E060B3
split-complementary
#E0CD60 #60B3E0 #8D60E0
monochromatic
#A59220 #D6BD2D #E0CD60 #EADD93 #F4EDC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E0CD60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.07
#E0CD60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E0CD60
13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E0CD60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E0CD60 | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.07 | 13.07 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC855
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F0C0B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e0cd60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 205, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.131 99.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ecdc91',
500: '#e0cd60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e0cd60; $custom-light: #ecdc91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e0cd60",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 205,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.094,
"s": 67.368,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84282,
"c": 0.13103,
"h": 99.5
},
"luminance": 0.60354
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E0CD60
secondary
#3C4CA8
accent
#32CF16
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F