#E8C555#E8C555

#E8C555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.135 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C555
RGB	rgb(232, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, 0.00, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 59.18, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0042 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.135 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.8873, 57.7472, 16.8478)
Luminance	0.5774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C555 #5578E8

analogous

#E87B55 #E8C555 #C2E855

triadic

#E8C555 #55E8C5 #C555E8

tetradic

#E8C555 #55E87B #5578E8 #E855C2

square

#E8C555 #55E87B #5578E8 #E855C2

split-complementary

#E8C555 #55C2E8 #7B55E8

monochromatic

#AB8817 #E1B31F #E8C555 #EFD78B #F7EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E8C555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#E8C555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C555

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C555	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)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.135 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d689',
    500: '#e8c555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c555;
$custom-light: #f3d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83284,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C555

secondary

#3551AD

accent

#3ED80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C555

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

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