#E0E561#E0E561

#E0E561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.154 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E561
RGB	rgb(224, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -18.60, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 64.99, 106.63°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0555 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.154 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.9190, 72.7504, 22.1401)
Luminance	0.7275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E561 #6661E5

analogous

#E5A861 #E0E561 #9EE561

triadic

#E0E561 #61E0E5 #E561E0

tetradic

#E0E561 #61E5A8 #6661E5 #E5619E

square

#E0E561 #61E5A8 #6661E5 #E5619E

split-complementary

#E0E561 #619EE5 #A861E5

monochromatic

#A9AF1D #D6DC2C #E0E561 #EAEE96 #F5F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E0E561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E0E561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E561

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E561	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.154 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eced93',
    500: '#e0e561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e561;
$custom-light: #eced93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.273,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89295,
    "c": 0.15386,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E561

secondary

#3F3AB0

accent

#12D419

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E561

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

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