#E0D855#E0D855

#E0D855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.150 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0D855
RGB	rgb(224, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -12.99, 63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 64.82, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0409 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.15 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9380, 65.6168, 18.2586)
Luminance	0.6562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0D855 #555DE0

analogous

#E09255 #E0D855 #A2E055

triadic

#E0D855 #55E0D8 #D855E0

tetradic

#E0D855 #55E092 #555DE0 #E055A2

square

#E0D855 #55E092 #555DE0 #E055A2

split-complementary

#E0D855 #55A2E0 #9255E0

monochromatic

#9E961D #D2C826 #E0D855 #E9E489 #F3F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E0D855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#E0D855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0D855

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0D855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0D855	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0d855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.150 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede38a',
    500: '#e0d855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0d855;
$custom-light: #ede38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0d855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.547,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86449,
    "c": 0.15022,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0D855

secondary

#383EA1

accent

#1FD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0D855

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

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