#E8C452#E8C452

#E8C452 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.137 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C452
RGB	rgb(232, 196, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 64.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, 0.34, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 60.18, 89.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0036 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.137 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.5443, 57.2479, 16.1580)
Luminance	0.5725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C452 #5276E8

analogous

#E87952 #E8C452 #C1E852

triadic

#E8C452 #52E8C4 #C452E8

tetradic

#E8C452 #52E879 #5276E8 #E852C1

square

#E8C452 #52E879 #5276E8 #E852C1

split-complementary

#E8C452 #52C1E8 #7952E8

monochromatic

#A98616 #DFB11E #E8C452 #EFD688 #F6E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E8C452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#E8C452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C452

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C452	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)

#D8C145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 196, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.137 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d587',
    500: '#e8c452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c452;
$custom-light: #f3d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83055,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C452

secondary

#3450AB

accent

#3ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C452

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

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