#E8C048#E8C048

#E8C048 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.142 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C048
RGB	rgb(232, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 69%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, 1.85, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 63.27, 88.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0004 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.142 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.3009, 55.3262, 14.0012)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C048 #4870E8

analogous

#E87048 #E8C048 #C0E848

triadic

#E8C048 #48E8C0 #C048E8

tetradic

#E8C048 #48E870 #4870E8 #E848C0

square

#E8C048 #48E870 #4870E8 #E848C0

split-complementary

#E8C048 #48C0E8 #7048E8

monochromatic

#A17E14 #D8A91B #E8C048 #EFD37E #F6E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E8C048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#E8C048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C048

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C048	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.142 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d281',
    500: '#e8c048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c048;
$custom-light: #f3d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8217,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C048

secondary

#304DA4

accent

#64F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C048

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

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