#E8C146#E8C146

#E8C146 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.144 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C146
RGB	rgb(232, 193, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 69.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, 1.23, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 64.30, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0025 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.144 91)
XYZ	xyz(53.4571, 55.7411, 13.7366)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C146 #466DE8

analogous

#E87046 #E8C146 #BEE846

triadic

#E8C146 #46E8C1 #C146E8

tetradic

#E8C146 #46E870 #466DE8 #E846BE

square

#E8C146 #46E870 #466DE8 #E846BE

split-complementary

#E8C146 #46BEE8 #7046E8

monochromatic

#A07E14 #D6A91B #E8C146 #EFD37C #F6E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E8C146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E8C146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C146

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C146	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 193, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.144 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d380',
    500: '#e8c146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c146;
$custom-light: #f3d380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82352,
    "c": 0.1436,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.55738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C146

secondary

#304BA2

accent

#62F433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C146

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

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