#E8C655#E8C655

#E8C655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.136 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C655
RGB	rgb(232, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -0.52, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 59.45, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0057 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.136 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1151, 58.2028, 16.9238)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C655 #5577E8

analogous

#E87C55 #E8C655 #C1E855

triadic

#E8C655 #55E8C6 #C655E8

tetradic

#E8C655 #55E87C #5577E8 #E855C1

square

#E8C655 #55E87C #5577E8 #E855C1

split-complementary

#E8C655 #55C1E8 #7C55E8

monochromatic

#AB8917 #E1B41F #E8C655 #EFD88B #F7EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E8C655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#E8C655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C655

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C655	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.136 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d789',
    500: '#e8c655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c655;
$custom-light: #f3d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83484,
    "c": 0.13585,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C655

secondary

#3550AD

accent

#3CD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C655

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

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