#E0E649#E0E649

#E0E649 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.172 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E649
RGB	rgb(224, 230, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -20.55, 71.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 74.78, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0634 0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.173 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.2418, 72.9234, 17.2043)
Luminance	0.7292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E649 #4F49E6

analogous

#E69E49 #E0E649 #92E649

triadic

#E0E649 #49E0E6 #E649E0

tetradic

#E0E649 #49E69E #4F49E6 #E64992

square

#E0E649 #49E69E #4F49E6 #E64992

split-complementary

#E0E649 #4992E6 #9E49E6

monochromatic

#9A9F16 #CED51D #E0E649 #E9ED7F #F2F5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E0E649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E0E649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E649

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E649	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 230, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.172 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded85',
    500: '#e0e649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e649;
$custom-light: #eded85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.293,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89303,
    "c": 0.1725,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E649

secondary

#3632A2

accent

#35F23D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E649

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

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