#E8C249#E8C249

#E8C249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.142 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C249
RGB	rgb(232, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, 0.87, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 63.36, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0032 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.142 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7759, 56.2236, 14.3218)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C249 #496FE8

analogous

#E87249 #E8C249 #BFE849

triadic

#E8C249 #49E8C2 #C249E8

tetradic

#E8C249 #49E872 #496FE8 #E849BF

square

#E8C249 #49E872 #496FE8 #E849BF

split-complementary

#E8C249 #49BFE8 #7249E8

monochromatic

#A28014 #D8AB1B #E8C249 #EFD47F #F6E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E8C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#E8C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C249

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C249	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)

#D7BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.142 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d482',
    500: '#e8c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c249;
$custom-light: #f3d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.66,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82576,
    "c": 0.14217,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C249

secondary

#314CA4

accent

#62F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C249

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

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