#E0E455#E0E455

#E0E455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.162 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E455
RGB	rgb(224, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -18.91, 66.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 69.48, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% -0.0576 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.162 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.1253, 71.9915, 19.3211)
Luminance	0.7199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E455 #5955E4

analogous

#E4A155 #E0E455 #99E455

triadic

#E0E455 #55E0E4 #E455E0

tetradic

#E0E455 #55E4A1 #5955E4 #E45599

square

#E0E455 #55E4A1 #5955E4 #E45599

split-complementary

#E0E455 #5599E4 #A155E4

monochromatic

#A1A41A #D4D923 #E0E455 #EAEC8A #F3F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E0E455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E0E455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E455

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E455	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.162 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edec8b',
    500: '#e0e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e455;
$custom-light: #edec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.678,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88973,
    "c": 0.16222,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E455

secondary

#3A36A7

accent

#11D516

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E455

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

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