#E8C554#E8C554

#E8C554 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.136 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C554
RGB	rgb(232, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 63.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -0.06, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 59.60, 90.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0045 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.136 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8479, 57.7314, 16.6401)
Luminance	0.5773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C554 #5477E8

analogous

#E87B54 #E8C554 #C1E854

triadic

#E8C554 #54E8C5 #C554E8

tetradic

#E8C554 #54E87B #5477E8 #E854C1

square

#E8C554 #54E87B #5477E8 #E854C1

split-complementary

#E8C554 #54C1E8 #7B54E8

monochromatic

#AB8817 #E1B31E #E8C554 #EFD78A #F7EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E8C554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#E8C554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C554

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C554	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.136 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d689',
    500: '#e8c554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c554;
$custom-light: #f3d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 76.289,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83274,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C554

secondary

#3451AC

accent

#3DD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C554

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

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