#E0E862#E0E862

#E0E862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.156 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E862
RGB	rgb(224, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.13, -19.98, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.13, 65.83, 107.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.94% -0.0593 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(89.94% 0.156 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.8032, 74.4436, 22.6663)
Luminance	0.7444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E862 #6A62E8

analogous

#E8AD62 #E0E862 #9DE862

triadic

#E0E862 #62E0E8 #E862E0

tetradic

#E0E862 #62E8AD #6A62E8 #E8629D

square

#E0E862 #62E8AD #6A62E8 #E8629D

split-complementary

#E0E862 #629DE8 #AD62E8

monochromatic

#ACB51B #D5E02D #E0E862 #EBF097 #F5F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E0E862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#E0E862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E862

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E862	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.156 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecef93',
    500: '#e0e862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e862;
$custom-light: #ecef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.582,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8994,
    "c": 0.15629,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E862

secondary

#4039B5

accent

#0FD71B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E862

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

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