#E8C745#E8C745

#E8C745 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.148 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C745
RGB	rgb(232, 199, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -1.92, 66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 66.23, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0116 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.148 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7791, 58.4353, 14.0229)
Luminance	0.5843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C745 #4566E8

analogous

#E87645 #E8C745 #B7E845

triadic

#E8C745 #45E8C7 #C745E8

tetradic

#E8C745 #45E876 #4566E8 #E845B7

square

#E8C745 #45E876 #4566E8 #E845B7

split-complementary

#E8C745 #45B7E8 #7645E8

monochromatic

#9F8314 #D5B01A #E8C745 #EFD77B #F5E8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E8C745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E8C745 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C745

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C745	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 199, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.148 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d780',
    500: '#e8c745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c745;
$custom-light: #f3d780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.853,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83546,
    "c": 0.14792,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C745

secondary

#2F47A2

accent

#5AF433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C745

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

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