#E8C64D#E8C64D

#E8C64D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.142 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C64D
RGB	rgb(232, 198, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 66.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -0.99, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 62.80, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.008 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.142 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.8151, 58.0828, 15.3436)
Luminance	0.5808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C64D #4D6FE8

analogous

#E8794D #E8C64D #BCE84D

triadic

#E8C64D #4DE8C6 #C64DE8

tetradic

#E8C64D #4DE879 #4D6FE8 #E84DBC

square

#E8C64D #4DE879 #4D6FE8 #E84DBC

split-complementary

#E8C64D #4DBCE8 #794DE8

monochromatic

#A58615 #DBB21C #E8C64D #EFD783 #F6E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E8C64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#E8C64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C64D

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C64D	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 198, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.142 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d685',
    500: '#e8c64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c64d;
$custom-light: #f3d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.839,
    "s": 77.114,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8341,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C64D

secondary

#324CA7

accent

#39D90C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C64D

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

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