#E0E942#E0E942

#E0E942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.180 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E942
RGB	rgb(224, 233, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -22.34, 75.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 78.32, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.0691 0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.18 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.8647, 74.5199, 16.3308)
Luminance	0.7452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E942 #4B42E9

analogous

#E99F42 #E0E942 #8CE942

triadic

#E0E942 #42E0E9 #E942E0

tetradic

#E0E942 #42E99F #4B42E9 #E9428C

square

#E0E942 #42E99F #4B42E9 #E9428C

split-complementary

#E0E942 #428CE9 #9F42E9

monochromatic

#979E12 #CBD519 #E0E942 #E9EF79 #F2F6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E0E942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#E0E942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E942

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E942	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 233, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.180 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef82',
    500: '#e0e942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e942;
$custom-light: #edef82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.234,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89895,
    "c": 0.17973,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E942

secondary

#342EA1

accent

#32F63D

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FEFEF2

border

#D6D6CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E942

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

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