#E8C552#E8C552

#E8C552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.138 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C552
RGB	rgb(232, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 64.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -0.18, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 60.45, 90.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0051 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.138 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.7706, 57.7005, 16.2334)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C552 #5275E8

analogous

#E87A52 #E8C552 #C0E852

triadic

#E8C552 #52E8C5 #C552E8

tetradic

#E8C552 #52E87A #5275E8 #E852C0

square

#E8C552 #52E87A #5275E8 #E852C0

split-complementary

#E8C552 #52C0E8 #7A52E8

monochromatic

#A98716 #DFB21E #E8C552 #EFD788 #F6E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E8C552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#E8C552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C552

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C552	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.138 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d687',
    500: '#e8c552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c552;
$custom-light: #f3d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83255,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C552

secondary

#344FAB

accent

#3CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C552

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

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