#E0E550#E0E550

#E0E550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.167 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E550
RGB	rgb(224, 229, 80)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.19, -19.69, 69.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.19, 71.81, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0603 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.167 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.2096, 72.4666, 18.4036)
Luminance	0.7247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E550 #5550E5

analogous

#E59F50 #E0E550 #96E550

triadic

#E0E550 #50E0E5 #E550E0

tetradic

#E0E550 #50E59F #5550E5 #E55096

square

#E0E550 #50E59F #5550E5 #E55096

split-complementary

#E0E550 #5096E5 #9F50E5

monochromatic

#9EA218 #D2D820 #E0E550 #E9ED85 #F3F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E0E550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E0E550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E550

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E550	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 229, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.167 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded89',
    500: '#e0e550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e550;
$custom-light: #eded89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.013,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89143,
    "c": 0.16683,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E550

secondary

#3834A5

accent

#0FD616

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E550

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

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