#E8C645#E8C645

#E8C645 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.147 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C645
RGB	rgb(232, 198, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -1.41, 65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 65.97, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0101 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.147 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.5498, 57.9767, 13.9464)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C645 #4567E8

analogous

#E87545 #E8C645 #B8E845

triadic

#E8C645 #45E8C6 #C645E8

tetradic

#E8C645 #45E875 #4567E8 #E845B8

square

#E8C645 #45E875 #4567E8 #E845B8

split-complementary

#E8C645 #45B8E8 #7545E8

monochromatic

#9F8214 #D5AE1A #E8C645 #EFD77B #F5E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E8C645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#E8C645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C645

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C645	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 198, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.147 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d680',
    500: '#e8c645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c645;
$custom-light: #f3d680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.485,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83344,
    "c": 0.14728,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C645

secondary

#2F47A2

accent

#5CF433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C645

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

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