#E0E957#E0E957

#E0E957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.166 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E957
RGB	rgb(224, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.31, -21.20, 67.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.31, 70.73, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0639 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.166 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.6013, 74.8145, 20.2106)
Luminance	0.7481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E957 #6057E9

analogous

#E9A957 #E0E957 #97E957

triadic

#E0E957 #57E0E9 #E957E0

tetradic

#E0E957 #57E9A9 #6057E9 #E95797

square

#E0E957 #57E9A9 #6057E9 #E95797

split-complementary

#E0E957 #5797E9 #A957E9

monochromatic

#A5AF17 #D6E221 #E0E957 #EAF08D #F4F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E0E957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#E0E957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E957

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E957	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)

#FADF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.166 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edef8d',
    500: '#e0e957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e957;
$custom-light: #edef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.699,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9005,
    "c": 0.166,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E957

secondary

#3C35AF

accent

#0CD919

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E957

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

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