#E0E057#E0E057

#E0E057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.157 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E057
RGB	rgb(224, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -16.82, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 67.09, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.0516 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.157 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.1183, 69.8484, 19.3829)
Luminance	0.6985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E057 #5757E0

analogous

#E09B57 #E0E057 #9BE057

triadic

#E0E057 #57E0E0 #E057E0

tetradic

#E0E057 #57E09B #5757E0 #E0579B

square

#E0E057 #57E09B #5757E0 #E0579B

split-complementary

#E0E057 #579BE0 #9B57E0

monochromatic

#9F9F1D #D3D327 #E0E057 #EAEA8B #F3F3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E0E057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#E0E057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E057

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E057	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.157 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede98c',
    500: '#e0e057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e057;
$custom-light: #ede98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88146,
    "c": 0.15659,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E057

secondary

#3939A2

accent

#15D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E057

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

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