#E0CE51#E0CE51

#E0CE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.144 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CE51
RGB	rgb(224, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -8.21, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 62.89, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0277 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.144 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.2992, 60.5863, 16.6171)
Luminance	0.6058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CE51 #5163E0

analogous

#E08751 #E0CE51 #AAE051

triadic

#E0CE51 #51E0CE #CE51E0

tetradic

#E0CE51 #51E087 #5163E0 #E051AA

square

#E0CE51 #51E087 #5163E0 #E051AA

split-complementary

#E0CE51 #51AAE0 #8751E0

monochromatic

#9B8B1C #CFBA25 #E0CE51 #E9DD85 #F3EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E0CE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E0CE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CE51

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CE51	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0ce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.144 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddc87',
    500: '#e0ce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0ce51;
$custom-light: #eddc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0ce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84337,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CE51

secondary

#37449F

accent

#52ED3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CE51

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

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