#E0DE51#E0DE51

#E0DE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.159 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0DE51
RGB	rgb(224, 222, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -16.21, 66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 68.70, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0504 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.159 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.3489, 68.6857, 17.9670)
Luminance	0.6868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0DE51 #5153E0

analogous

#E09751 #E0DE51 #9AE051

triadic

#E0DE51 #51E0DE #DE51E0

tetradic

#E0DE51 #51E097 #5153E0 #E0519A

square

#E0DE51 #51E097 #5153E0 #E0519A

split-complementary

#E0DE51 #519AE0 #9751E0

monochromatic

#9B991C #CFCD25 #E0DE51 #E9E885 #F3F2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E0DE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#E0DE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0DE51

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0DE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0DE51	1.00	1.43	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0de51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 222, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.159 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede889',
    500: '#e0de51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0de51;
$custom-light: #ede889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0de51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.161,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87673,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0DE51

secondary

#37389F

accent

#3EED3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0DE51

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

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