#E8C24A#E8C24A

#E8C24A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.141 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C24A
RGB	rgb(232, 194, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 68.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, 0.92, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 62.96, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0029 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.141 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.8094, 56.2369, 14.4978)
Luminance	0.5623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C24A #4A70E8

analogous

#E8734A #E8C24A #BFE84A

triadic

#E8C24A #4AE8C2 #C24AE8

tetradic

#E8C24A #4AE873 #4A70E8 #E84ABF

square

#E8C24A #4AE873 #4A70E8 #E84ABF

split-complementary

#E8C24A #4ABFE8 #734AE8

monochromatic

#A38115 #D9AC1C #E8C24A #EFD480 #F6E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E8C24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#E8C24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C24A

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C24A	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 194, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.141 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d482',
    500: '#e8c24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c24a;
$custom-light: #f3d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.57,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82584,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C24A

secondary

#314DA5

accent

#62F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C24A

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

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