#E8C545#E8C545

#E8C545 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.147 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C545
RGB	rgb(232, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -0.89, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 65.70, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0087 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.147 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3220, 57.5210, 13.8705)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C545 #4568E8

analogous

#E87445 #E8C545 #B9E845

triadic

#E8C545 #45E8C5 #C545E8

tetradic

#E8C545 #45E874 #4568E8 #E845B9

square

#E8C545 #45E874 #4568E8 #E845B9

split-complementary

#E8C545 #45B9E8 #7445E8

monochromatic

#9F8114 #D5AD1A #E8C545 #EFD67B #F5E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E8C545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#E8C545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C545

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C545	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.147 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d680',
    500: '#e8c545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c545;
$custom-light: #f3d680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.117,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83144,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C545

secondary

#2F48A2

accent

#5DF433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C545

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

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