#E8C751#E8C751

#E8C751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.140 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C751
RGB	rgb(232, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -1.27, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 61.43, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0084 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.14 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1900, 58.5997, 16.1869)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C751 #5172E8

analogous

#E87C51 #E8C751 #BEE851

triadic

#E8C751 #51E8C7 #C751E8

tetradic

#E8C751 #51E87C #5172E8 #E851BE

square

#E8C751 #51E87C #5172E8 #E851BE

split-complementary

#E8C751 #51BEE8 #7C51E8

monochromatic

#A88816 #DEB41D #E8C751 #EFD887 #F6EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E8C751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E8C751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C751

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C751	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.140 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d787',
    500: '#e8c751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c751;
$custom-light: #f3d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83646,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C751

secondary

#334DAA

accent

#39D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C751

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

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