#E0D840#E0D840
#E0D840 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.165 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E0D840 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 216, 64) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 72%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 71%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 71.4%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.65, -14.13, 71.41) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.65, 72.80, 101.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.29% -0.0463 0.1579) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.29% 0.165 106.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.2240, 65.3312, 14.4981) |
| Luminance | 0.6533 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 2.22
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.44
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.89
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 5.37
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 5.88
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 5.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E0D840 #4048E0
analogous
#E08840 #E0D840 #98E040
triadic
#E0D840 #40E0D8 #D840E0
tetradic
#E0D840 #40E088 #4048E0 #E04098
square
#E0D840 #40E088 #4048E0 #E04098
split-complementary
#E0D840 #4098E0 #8840E0
monochromatic
#8E8917 #C3BB20 #E0D840 #E9E375 #F1EEA9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E0D840 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.07
#E0D840 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E0D840
14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E0D840 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E0D840 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.07 | 14.07 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EAD024
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED64B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F0CABA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e0d840; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 216, 64); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.165 106.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eee37f',
500: '#e0d840',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e0d840; $custom-light: #eee37f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e0d840",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 216,
"b": 64
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57,
"s": 72.072,
"l": 56.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86286,
"c": 0.16452,
"h": 106.3
},
"luminance": 0.65329
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E0D840
secondary
#313694
accent
#42EF39
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFCF2
border
#D6D5CC
text
#17150B
muted
#85847E