#E0D251#E0D251

#E0D251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.148 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0D251
RGB	rgb(224, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.20, -10.23, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.20, 64.28, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0335 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.148 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2744, 62.5367, 16.9422)
Luminance	0.6253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0D251 #515FE0

analogous

#E08B51 #E0D251 #A6E051

triadic

#E0D251 #51E0D2 #D251E0

tetradic

#E0D251 #51E08B #515FE0 #E051A6

square

#E0D251 #51E08B #515FE0 #E051A6

split-complementary

#E0D251 #51A6E0 #8B51E0

monochromatic

#9B8F1C #CFBE25 #E0D251 #E9DF85 #F3EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E0D251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#E0D251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0D251

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0D251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0D251	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0d251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.148 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddf88',
    500: '#e0d251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0d251;
$custom-light: #eddf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0d251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.126,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85164,
    "c": 0.14771,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0D251

secondary

#37419F

accent

#4DED3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0D251

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

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