#E0E656#E0E656

#E0E656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.164 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E656
RGB	rgb(224, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.50, -19.82, 67.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.50, 69.89, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0601 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.164 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.7187, 73.1142, 19.7162)
Luminance	0.7311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E656 #5C56E6

analogous

#E6A456 #E0E656 #98E656

triadic

#E0E656 #56E0E6 #E656E0

tetradic

#E0E656 #56E6A4 #5C56E6 #E65698

square

#E0E656 #56E6A4 #5C56E6 #E65698

split-complementary

#E0E656 #5698E6 #A456E6

monochromatic

#A3A919 #D6DE21 #E0E656 #EAEE8B #F4F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E0E656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#E0E656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E656

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E656	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.164 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded8c',
    500: '#e0e656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e656;
$custom-light: #eded8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89405,
    "c": 0.16356,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E656

secondary

#3B36AA

accent

#0FD617

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E656

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

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