#E8C458#E8C458

#E8C458 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.132 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C458
RGB	rgb(232, 196, 88)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 62.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, 0.71, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 57.60, 89.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0018 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.132 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.7827, 57.3432, 17.4135)
Luminance	0.5734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C458 #587CE8

analogous

#E87C58 #E8C458 #C4E858

triadic

#E8C458 #58E8C4 #C458E8

tetradic

#E8C458 #58E87C #587CE8 #E858C4

square

#E8C458 #58E87C #587CE8 #E858C4

split-complementary

#E8C458 #58C4E8 #7C58E8

monochromatic

#AE8818 #E1B122 #E8C458 #EFD78E #F7EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E8C458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#E8C458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C458

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C458	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 196, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.132 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d58b',
    500: '#e8c458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c458;
$custom-light: #f3d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 75.789,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83114,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C458

secondary

#3654AF

accent

#40D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C458

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

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