#E8C148#E8C148

#E8C148 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.142 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C148
RGB	rgb(232, 193, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 69%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, 1.33, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 63.51, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0019 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.142 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5212, 55.7668, 14.0747)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C148 #486FE8

analogous

#E87148 #E8C148 #BFE848

triadic

#E8C148 #48E8C1 #C148E8

tetradic

#E8C148 #48E871 #486FE8 #E848BF

square

#E8C148 #48E871 #486FE8 #E848BF

split-complementary

#E8C148 #48BFE8 #7148E8

monochromatic

#A17F14 #D8AA1B #E8C148 #EFD37E #F6E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E8C148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E8C148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C148

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C148	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)

#D6BF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 193, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.142 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d381',
    500: '#e8c148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c148;
$custom-light: #f3d381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.375,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82368,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C148

secondary

#304DA4

accent

#63F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C148

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

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