#E0D459#E0D459
#E0D459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.143 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E0D459 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 212, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 69%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 60%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 60.3%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.79, -10.73, 60.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.79, 61.65, 100.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.65% -0.034 0.1392) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.65% 0.143 103.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.0891, 63.6576, 18.7819) |
| Luminance | 0.6366 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.65
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.93
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.07
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 5.25
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 5.82
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 5.87
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E0D459 #5965E0
analogous
#E09159 #E0D459 #A9E059
triadic
#E0D459 #59E0D4 #D459E0
tetradic
#E0D459 #59E091 #5965E0 #E059A9
square
#E0D459 #59E091 #5965E0 #E059A9
split-complementary
#E0D459 #59A9E0 #9159E0
monochromatic
#A1951E #D4C528 #E0D459 #EAE18D #F3EFC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.53
#E0D459 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.73
#E0D459 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E0D459
13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E0D459 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E0D459 | 1.00 | 1.53 | 13.73 | 13.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.53 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5CD4B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D460
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F0C7BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e0d459; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 212, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.143 103.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ede08d',
500: '#e0d459',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e0d459; $custom-light: #ede08d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e0d459",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 212,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.667,
"s": 68.528,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85654,
"c": 0.14327,
"h": 103.7
},
"luminance": 0.63656
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E0D459
secondary
#3A43A4
accent
#26D015
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F