#E8C754#E8C754
#E8C754 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.137 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8C754 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 199, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 63.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.10, -1.09, 60.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.10, 60.16, 91.04°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.68% -0.0075 0.1371) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.68% 0.137 93.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.3050, 58.6457, 16.7925) |
| Luminance | 0.5864 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.52
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.35
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.75
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.05
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.22
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8C754 #5475E8
analogous
#E87D54 #E8C754 #BFE854
triadic
#E8C754 #54E8C7 #C754E8
tetradic
#E8C754 #54E87D #5475E8 #E854BF
square
#E8C754 #54E87D #5475E8 #E854BF
split-complementary
#E8C754 #54BFE8 #7D54E8
monochromatic
#AB8A17 #E1B51E #E8C754 #EFD98A #F7EAC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.65
#E8C754 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.73
#E8C754 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8C754
12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8C754 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8C754 | 1.00 | 1.65 | 12.73 | 12.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC447
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CE59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAB8AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8c754; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 199, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.137 93.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d789',
500: '#e8c754',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8c754; $custom-light: #f3d789; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8c754",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 199,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.622,
"s": 76.289,
"l": 61.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83675,
"c": 0.13728,
"h": 93.1
},
"luminance": 0.58643
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8C754
secondary
#344FAC
accent
#3AD80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F