#E0D85E#E0D85E

#E0D85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.143 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0D85E
RGB	rgb(224, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 58%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -12.39, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 61.01, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0382 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.143 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.3186, 65.7691, 20.2629)
Luminance	0.6577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0D85E #5E66E0

analogous

#E0975E #E0D85E #A7E05E

triadic

#E0D85E #5EE0D8 #D85EE0

tetradic

#E0D85E #5EE097 #5E66E0 #E05EA7

square

#E0D85E #5EE097 #5E66E0 #E05EA7

split-complementary

#E0D85E #5EA7E0 #975EE0

monochromatic

#A49C20 #D6CC2B #E0D85E #EAE491 #F4F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E0D85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#E0D85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0D85E

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0D85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0D85E	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0d85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.143 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece390',
    500: '#e0d85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0d85e;
$custom-light: #ece390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0d85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 67.708,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86536,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0D85E

secondary

#3B42A7

accent

#21D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0D85E

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

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