#E8C548#E8C548

#E8C548 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.145 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C548
RGB	rgb(232, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 69%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -0.74, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 64.54, 90.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0079 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.145 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4175, 57.5592, 14.3734)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C548 #486BE8

analogous

#E87548 #E8C548 #BBE848

triadic

#E8C548 #48E8C5 #C548E8

tetradic

#E8C548 #48E875 #486BE8 #E848BB

square

#E8C548 #48E875 #486BE8 #E848BB

split-complementary

#E8C548 #48BBE8 #7548E8

monochromatic

#A18214 #D8AE1B #E8C548 #EFD67E #F6E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E8C548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E8C548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C548

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C548	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.145 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d682',
    500: '#e8c548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c548;
$custom-light: #f3d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83167,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C548

secondary

#304AA4

accent

#5EF434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C548

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

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