#E0DD55#E0DD55

#E0DD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.155 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0DD55
RGB	rgb(224, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, -15.47, 64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 66.72, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0479 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.155 108)
XYZ	xyz(58.2385, 68.2178, 18.6921)
Luminance	0.6822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0DD55 #5558E0

analogous

#E09755 #E0DD55 #9DE055

triadic

#E0DD55 #55E0DD #DD55E0

tetradic

#E0DD55 #55E097 #5558E0 #E0559D

square

#E0DD55 #55E097 #5558E0 #E0559D

split-complementary

#E0DD55 #559DE0 #9755E0

monochromatic

#9E9B1D #D2CE26 #E0DD55 #E9E789 #F3F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E0DD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#E0DD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0DD55

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0DD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0DD55	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0dd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.155 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede78b',
    500: '#e0dd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0dd55;
$custom-light: #ede78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0dd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87497,
    "c": 0.1551,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.68216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0DD55

secondary

#383AA1

accent

#18D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0DD55

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

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