#E8C651#E8C651

#E8C651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.139 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C651
RGB	rgb(232, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -0.76, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 61.15, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0069 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.139 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.9607, 58.1410, 16.1104)
Luminance	0.5814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C651 #5173E8

analogous

#E87B51 #E8C651 #BFE851

triadic

#E8C651 #51E8C6 #C651E8

tetradic

#E8C651 #51E87B #5173E8 #E851BF

square

#E8C651 #51E87B #5173E8 #E851BF

split-complementary

#E8C651 #51BFE8 #7B51E8

monochromatic

#A88716 #DEB31D #E8C651 #EFD887 #F6E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E8C651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#E8C651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C651

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C651	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.139 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d787',
    500: '#e8c651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c651;
$custom-light: #f3d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.49,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83446,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C651

secondary

#334EAA

accent

#3BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C651

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

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