#E8C248#E8C248

#E8C248 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.143 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E8C248
RGBrgb(232, 194, 72)
HSLhsl(46, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(46, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.4%, 69%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.73, 0.81, 63.76)
CIE-LCHlch(79.73, 63.76, 89.27°)
OKLaboklab(82.57% -0.0034 0.1428)
OKLCHoklch(82.57% 0.143 91.4)
XYZxyz(53.7431, 56.2104, 14.1486)
Luminance0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E8C248 #486EE8
analogous
#E87248 #E8C248 #BEE848
triadic
#E8C248 #48E8C2 #C248E8
tetradic
#E8C248 #48E872 #486EE8 #E848BE
square
#E8C248 #48E872 #486EE8 #E848BE
split-complementary
#E8C248 #48BEE8 #7248E8
monochromatic
#A18014 #D8AB1B #E8C248 #EFD47E #F6E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72
#E8C248 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24
#E8C248 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C248
12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E8C248#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E8C2481.001.7212.2412.24
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2421.001.001.00
##00000012.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7BF38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CA4E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAB3A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e8c248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.143 91.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d481',
    500: '#e8c248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e8c248;
$custom-light: #f3d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e8c248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.75,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82568,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E8C248
secondary
#304CA4
accent
#61F434
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E

Preview Lab

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#E8C248 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva