#E8C660#E8C660

#E8C660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.127 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C660
RGB	rgb(232, 198, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, 0.22, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 54.61, 89.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0023 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.127 91)
XYZ	xyz(55.5866, 58.3914, 19.4068)
Luminance	0.5839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C660 #6082E8

analogous

#E88260 #E8C660 #C6E860

triadic

#E8C660 #60E8C6 #C660E8

tetradic

#E8C660 #60E882 #6082E8 #E860C6

square

#E8C660 #60E882 #6082E8 #E860C6

split-complementary

#E8C660 #60C6E8 #8260E8

monochromatic

#B48D1A #E0B32B #E8C660 #F0D995 #F7ECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E8C660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#E8C660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C660

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C660	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 198, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.127 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d790',
    500: '#e8c660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c660;
$custom-light: #f2d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.836,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.58389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C660

secondary

#3857B4

accent

#41D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C660

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

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