#E0E231#E0E231

#E0E231 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.181 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E231
RGB	rgb(224, 226, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.22, -19.63, 78.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.22, 80.85, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.31% -0.0629 0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(88.31% 0.181 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.4934, 70.4635, 13.4247)
Luminance	0.7046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E231 #3331E2

analogous

#E28C31 #E0E231 #88E231

triadic

#E0E231 #31E0E2 #E231E0

tetradic

#E0E231 #31E28C #3331E2 #E23188

square

#E0E231 #31E28C #3331E2 #E23188

split-complementary

#E0E231 #3188E2 #8C31E2

monochromatic

#848613 #BABB1A #E0E231 #E8EA67 #F0F19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E0E231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#E0E231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E231

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E231	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 226, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.181 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea79',
    500: '#e0e231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e231;
$custom-light: #eeea79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.678,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88314,
    "c": 0.18141,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E231

secondary

#2C2B8C

accent

#36F238

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E231

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

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