#E0E555#E0E555

#E0E555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.163 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E555
RGB	rgb(224, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -19.39, 67.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 69.88, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.059 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.163 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.4012, 72.5433, 19.4130)
Luminance	0.7254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E555 #5A55E5

analogous

#E5A255 #E0E555 #98E555

triadic

#E0E555 #55E0E5 #E555E0

tetradic

#E0E555 #55E5A2 #5A55E5 #E55598

square

#E0E555 #55E5A2 #5A55E5 #E55598

split-complementary

#E0E555 #5598E5 #A255E5

monochromatic

#A1A619 #D5DB22 #E0E555 #EAED8A #F3F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E0E555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#E0E555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E555

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E555	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.163 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded8b',
    500: '#e0e555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e555;
$custom-light: #eded8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89184,
    "c": 0.16326,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E555

secondary

#3A36A8

accent

#10D617

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E555

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

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