#E0E659#E0E659

#E0E659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.161 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E659
RGB	rgb(224, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.53, -19.63, 65.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.53, 68.70, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0593 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.161 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.8421, 73.1636, 20.3662)
Luminance	0.7316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E659 #5F59E6

analogous

#E6A559 #E0E659 #9AE659

triadic

#E0E659 #59E0E6 #E659E0

tetradic

#E0E659 #59E6A5 #5F59E6 #E6599A

square

#E0E659 #59E6A5 #5F59E6 #E6599A

split-complementary

#E0E659 #599AE6 #A559E6

monochromatic

#A5AB1A #D6DE24 #E0E659 #EAEE8E #F4F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E0E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E0E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E659

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E659	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.161 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eded8e',
    500: '#e0e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e659;
$custom-light: #eded8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89431,
    "c": 0.16131,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E659

secondary

#3C37AC

accent

#10D618

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E659

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

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