#E8C445#E8C445

#E8C445 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.146 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C445
RGB	rgb(232, 196, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -0.37, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 65.44, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0072 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.146 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0957, 57.0684, 13.7951)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C445 #4569E8

analogous

#E87345 #E8C445 #BBE845

triadic

#E8C445 #45E8C4 #C445E8

tetradic

#E8C445 #45E873 #4569E8 #E845BB

square

#E8C445 #45E873 #4569E8 #E845BB

split-complementary

#E8C445 #45BBE8 #7345E8

monochromatic

#9F8014 #D5AC1A #E8C445 #EFD57B #F5E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E8C445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#E8C445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C445

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C445	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 196, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.146 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d580',
    500: '#e8c445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c445;
$custom-light: #f3d580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.748,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82943,
    "c": 0.14603,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C445

secondary

#2F49A2

accent

#5EF433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C445

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

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