#E8C246#E8C246

#E8C246 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.144 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C246
RGB	rgb(232, 194, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 69.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, 0.71, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 64.55, 89.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.004 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.144 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6789, 56.1847, 13.8106)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C246 #466CE8

analogous

#E87146 #E8C246 #BDE846

triadic

#E8C246 #46E8C2 #C246E8

tetradic

#E8C246 #46E871 #466CE8 #E846BD

square

#E8C246 #46E871 #466CE8 #E846BD

split-complementary

#E8C246 #46BDE8 #7146E8

monochromatic

#A07F14 #D6AA1B #E8C246 #EFD47C #F6E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E8C246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#E8C246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C246

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C246	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 194, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.144 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d480',
    500: '#e8c246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c246;
$custom-light: #f3d480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.926,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82551,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C246

secondary

#304BA2

accent

#61F433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C246

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

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