#E8C649#E8C649

#E8C649 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.145 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C649
RGB	rgb(232, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -1.20, 64.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 64.41, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0091 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.145 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6782, 58.0280, 14.6226)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C649 #496BE8

analogous

#E87749 #E8C649 #BAE849

triadic

#E8C649 #49E8C6 #C649E8

tetradic

#E8C649 #49E877 #496BE8 #E849BA

square

#E8C649 #49E877 #496BE8 #E849BA

split-complementary

#E8C649 #49BAE8 #7749E8

monochromatic

#A28414 #D8B01B #E8C649 #EFD77F #F6E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E8C649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E8C649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C649

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C649	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.145 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d682',
    500: '#e8c649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c649;
$custom-light: #f3d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.17,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83376,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C649

secondary

#3149A4

accent

#5DF434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C649

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

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