#E0E055#E0E055

#E0E055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.158 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E055
RGB	rgb(224, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -16.95, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 67.89, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.0521 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.158 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.0377, 69.8161, 18.9585)
Luminance	0.6981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E055 #5555E0

analogous

#E09A55 #E0E055 #9AE055

triadic

#E0E055 #55E0E0 #E055E0

tetradic

#E0E055 #55E09A #5555E0 #E0559A

square

#E0E055 #55E09A #5555E0 #E0559A

split-complementary

#E0E055 #559AE0 #9A55E0

monochromatic

#9E9E1D #D2D226 #E0E055 #E9E989 #F3F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E0E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#E0E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E055

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E055	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.158 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede98b',
    500: '#e0e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e055;
$custom-light: #ede98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88128,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E055

secondary

#3838A1

accent

#14D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E055

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

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