#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
RGB	rgb(232, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 69%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, 0.81, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 63.76, 89.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0034 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.143 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.7431, 56.2104, 14.1486)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E8C248	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)

#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

Preview with #E8C248

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

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