#E0E751#E0E751
#E0E751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.168 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E0E751 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 231, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 76%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 65%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3%, 0%, 64.9%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.73, -20.60, 69.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.73, 72.23, 106.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.58% -0.0628 0.156) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.58% 0.168 111.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.8034, 73.5946, 18.7852) |
| Luminance | 0.7359 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.41
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.93
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.95
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 5.27
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 5.37
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 5.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E0E751 #5851E7
analogous
#E7A351 #E0E751 #95E751
triadic
#E0E751 #51E0E7 #E751E0
tetradic
#E0E751 #51E7A3 #5851E7 #E75195
square
#E0E751 #51E7A3 #5851E7 #E75195
split-complementary
#E0E751 #5195E7 #A351E7
monochromatic
#A0A717 #D4DC1E #E0E751 #EAEE87 #F3F6BD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.34
#E0E751 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.72
#E0E751 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E0E751
15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E0E751 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E0E751 | 1.00 | 1.34 | 15.72 | 15.72 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F8DD3C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E15B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EFDAC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e0e751; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 231, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.168 111.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edee89',
500: '#e0e751',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e0e751; $custom-light: #edee89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e0e751",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 231,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.8,
"s": 75.758,
"l": 61.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89576,
"c": 0.1682,
"h": 111.9
},
"luminance": 0.73593
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E0E751
secondary
#3934A8
accent
#0ED817
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F