#E0E456#E0E456

#E0E456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.161 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E456
RGB	rgb(224, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -18.84, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 69.09, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.98% -0.0574 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(88.98% 0.161 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.1654, 72.0075, 19.5318)
Luminance	0.7201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E456 #5A56E4

analogous

#E4A156 #E0E456 #99E456

triadic

#E0E456 #56E0E4 #E456E0

tetradic

#E0E456 #56E4A1 #5A56E4 #E45699

square

#E0E456 #56E4A1 #5A56E4 #E45699

split-complementary

#E0E456 #5699E4 #A156E4

monochromatic

#A1A51A #D5DA23 #E0E456 #EAEC8B #F3F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E0E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E0E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E456

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E456	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)

#F5DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.161 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edec8c',
    500: '#e0e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e456;
$custom-light: #edec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.69,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88981,
    "c": 0.16147,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E456

secondary

#3A37A7

accent

#11D516

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E456

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

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