#E8C451#E8C451

#E8C451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.138 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C451
RGB	rgb(232, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, 0.28, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 60.60, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0039 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.138 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5066, 57.2328, 15.9590)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C451 #5175E8

analogous

#E87951 #E8C451 #C1E851

triadic

#E8C451 #51E8C4 #C451E8

tetradic

#E8C451 #51E879 #5175E8 #E851C1

square

#E8C451 #51E879 #5175E8 #E851C1

split-complementary

#E8C451 #51C1E8 #7951E8

monochromatic

#A88616 #DEB01D #E8C451 #EFD687 #F6E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E8C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#E8C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C451

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C451	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.138 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d587',
    500: '#e8c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c451;
$custom-light: #f3d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.695,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83046,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C451

secondary

#3350AA

accent

#3DD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C451

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

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