#E8C657#E8C657

#E8C657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.134 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C657
RGB	rgb(232, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -0.39, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 58.59, 90.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0051 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.134 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1957, 58.2350, 17.3482)
Luminance	0.5823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C657 #5779E8

analogous

#E87D57 #E8C657 #C1E857

triadic

#E8C657 #57E8C6 #C657E8

tetradic

#E8C657 #57E87D #5779E8 #E857C1

square

#E8C657 #57E87D #5779E8 #E857C1

split-complementary

#E8C657 #57C1E8 #7D57E8

monochromatic

#AD8A18 #E1B421 #E8C657 #EFD88D #F7EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E8C657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#E8C657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C657

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C657	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.134 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d78b',
    500: '#e8c657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c657;
$custom-light: #f3d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83504,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C657

secondary

#3552AE

accent

#3DD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C657

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

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