#E0CD61#E0CD61

#E0CD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.130 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CD61
RGB	rgb(224, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 56.7%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -6.62, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 55.60, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0214 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.13 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7315, 60.3752, 20.0776)
Luminance	0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CD61 #6174E0

analogous

#E08E61 #E0CD61 #B3E061

triadic

#E0CD61 #61E0CD #CD61E0

tetradic

#E0CD61 #61E08E #6174E0 #E061B3

square

#E0CD61 #61E08E #6174E0 #E061B3

split-complementary

#E0CD61 #61B3E0 #8E61E0

monochromatic

#A69221 #D6BD2E #E0CD61 #EADD94 #F4EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E0CD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#E0CD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CD61

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CD61	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)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0cd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.130 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc91',
    500: '#e0cd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0cd61;
$custom-light: #ecdc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0cd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 67.196,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84293,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CD61

secondary

#3D4DA9

accent

#32CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CD61

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

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