#E0E960#E0E960

#E0E960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.159 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E960
RGB	rgb(224, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(64, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -20.61, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 67.10, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(90.13% -0.0613 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(90.13% 0.159 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.9922, 74.9709, 22.2692)
Luminance	0.7497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E960 #6960E9

analogous

#E9AE60 #E0E960 #9BE960

triadic

#E0E960 #60E0E9 #E960E0

tetradic

#E0E960 #60E9AE #6960E9 #E9609B

square

#E0E960 #60E9AE #6960E9 #E9609B

split-complementary

#E0E960 #609BE9 #AE60E9

monochromatic

#ABB519 #D6E22A #E0E960 #EAF096 #F5F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E0E960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E0E960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E960

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E960	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.159 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecef92',
    500: '#e0e960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e960;
$custom-light: #ecef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.942,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90132,
    "c": 0.15903,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E960

secondary

#4038B5

accent

#0ED81B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E960

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

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