#E0E356#E0E356

#E0E356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.160 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E356
RGB	rgb(224, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.71, -18.36, 66.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.71, 68.69, 105.50°)
OKLab	oklab(88.77% -0.056 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(88.77% 0.16 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.8911, 71.4589, 19.4403)
Luminance	0.7146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E356 #5956E3

analogous

#E3A056 #E0E356 #9AE356

triadic

#E0E356 #56E0E3 #E356E0

tetradic

#E0E356 #56E3A0 #5956E3 #E3569A

square

#E0E356 #56E3A0 #5956E3 #E3569A

split-complementary

#E0E356 #569AE3 #A056E3

monochromatic

#A1A41B #D4D824 #E0E356 #EAEC8B #F3F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E0E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#E0E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E356

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E356	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.160 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeb8c',
    500: '#e0e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e356;
$custom-light: #edeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8877,
    "c": 0.16044,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E356

secondary

#3A37A6

accent

#12D416

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E356

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

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