#E0E955#E0E955

#E0E955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.167 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E955
RGB	rgb(224, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.29, -21.33, 68.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.29, 71.51, 107.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0644 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.167 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.5208, 74.7823, 19.7862)
Luminance	0.7478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E955 #5E55E9

analogous

#E9A855 #E0E955 #96E955

triadic

#E0E955 #55E0E9 #E955E0

tetradic

#E0E955 #55E9A8 #5E55E9 #E95596

square

#E0E955 #55E9A8 #5E55E9 #E95596

split-complementary

#E0E955 #5596E9 #A855E9

monochromatic

#A4AD16 #D6E21F #E0E955 #EAF08B #F4F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E0E955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#E0E955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E955

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E955	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.167 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef8c',
    500: '#e0e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e955;
$custom-light: #edef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.649,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90033,
    "c": 0.16747,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E955

secondary

#3B34AE

accent

#0CD919

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E955

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

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