#E0E855#E0E855

#E0E855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.166 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E855
RGB	rgb(224, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -20.85, 67.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 71.10, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0631 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.166 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.2385, 74.2177, 19.6921)
Luminance	0.7422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E855 #5D55E8

analogous

#E8A655 #E0E855 #97E855

triadic

#E0E855 #55E0E8 #E855E0

tetradic

#E0E855 #55E8A6 #5D55E8 #E85597

square

#E0E855 #55E8A6 #5D55E8 #E85597

split-complementary

#E0E855 #5597E8 #A655E8

monochromatic

#A3AB17 #D6E11F #E0E855 #EAEF8B #F4F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E0E855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#E0E855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E855

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E855	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.166 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef8c',
    500: '#e0e855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e855;
$custom-light: #edef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.265,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89821,
    "c": 0.1664,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E855

secondary

#3B35AD

accent

#0DD818

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E855

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

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