#E8C549#E8C549

#E8C549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.144 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C549
RGB	rgb(232, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -0.69, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 64.14, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0076 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.144 93)
XYZ	xyz(54.4504, 57.5724, 14.5466)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C549 #496CE8

analogous

#E87549 #E8C549 #BCE849

triadic

#E8C549 #49E8C5 #C549E8

tetradic

#E8C549 #49E875 #496CE8 #E849BC

square

#E8C549 #49E875 #496CE8 #E849BC

split-complementary

#E8C549 #49BCE8 #7549E8

monochromatic

#A28314 #D8AF1B #E8C549 #EFD67F #F6E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E8C549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E8C549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C549

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C549	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)

#D9C238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.144 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d682',
    500: '#e8c549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c549;
$custom-light: #f3d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.792,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83176,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.57569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C549

secondary

#314AA4

accent

#5EF434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C549

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →