#E8C448#E8C448

#E8C448 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.144 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C448
RGB	rgb(232, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 69%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -0.22, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 64.27, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0064 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.144 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.1912, 57.1066, 14.2980)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C448 #486CE8

analogous

#E87448 #E8C448 #BCE848

triadic

#E8C448 #48E8C4 #C448E8

tetradic

#E8C448 #48E874 #486CE8 #E848BC

square

#E8C448 #48E874 #486CE8 #E848BC

split-complementary

#E8C448 #48BCE8 #7448E8

monochromatic

#A18214 #D8AD1B #E8C448 #EFD67E #F6E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E8C448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E8C448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C448

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C448	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.144 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d581',
    500: '#e8c448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c448;
$custom-light: #f3d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82967,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C448

secondary

#304AA4

accent

#5FF434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C448

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

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