#E0E949#E0E949

#E0E949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.176 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E949
RGB	rgb(224, 233, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.21, -22.00, 72.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.21, 75.94, 106.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.94% -0.0675 0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(89.94% 0.176 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.0838, 74.6075, 17.4850)
Luminance	0.7461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E949 #5249E9

analogous

#E9A249 #E0E949 #90E949

triadic

#E0E949 #49E0E9 #E949E0

tetradic

#E0E949 #49E9A2 #5249E9 #E94990

square

#E0E949 #49E9A2 #5249E9 #E94990

split-complementary

#E0E949 #4990E9 #A249E9

monochromatic

#9CA414 #D0DA1A #E0E949 #E9F080 #F3F6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E0E949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#E0E949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E949

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E949	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 233, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.176 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef85',
    500: '#e0e949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e949;
$custom-light: #edef85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.375,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89941,
    "c": 0.17556,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E949

secondary

#3730A6

accent

#33F53E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E949

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

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