#E0E042#E0E042

#E0E042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.171 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E042
RGB	rgb(224, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -17.98, 72.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 74.96, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.0569 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.171 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.3816, 69.5537, 15.5031)
Luminance	0.6955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E042 #4242E0

analogous

#E09142 #E0E042 #91E042

triadic

#E0E042 #42E0E0 #E042E0

tetradic

#E0E042 #42E091 #4242E0 #E04291

square

#E0E042 #42E091 #4242E0 #E04291

split-complementary

#E0E042 #4291E0 #9142E0

monochromatic

#909018 #C5C520 #E0E042 #E9E977 #F1F1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E0E042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#E0E042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E042

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E042	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.171 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede981',
    500: '#e0e042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e042;
$custom-light: #ede981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87984,
    "c": 0.17083,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E042

secondary

#313195

accent

#39EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E042

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

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