#E0E856#E0E856

#E0E856 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 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E856
RGB	rgb(224, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -20.78, 67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 70.71, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.0628 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.166 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.2785, 74.2337, 19.9028)
Luminance	0.7423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E856 #5E56E8

analogous

#E8A756 #E0E856 #97E856

triadic

#E0E856 #56E0E8 #E856E0

tetradic

#E0E856 #56E8A7 #5E56E8 #E85697

square

#E0E856 #56E8A7 #5E56E8 #E85697

split-complementary

#E0E856 #5697E8 #A756E8

monochromatic

#A4AC17 #D6E120 #E0E856 #EAEF8C #F4F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E0E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E0E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E856

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E856	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.166 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef8c',
    500: '#e0e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e856;
$custom-light: #edef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.288,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89829,
    "c": 0.16567,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E856

secondary

#3B35AD

accent

#0DD818

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E856

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

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