#E8C755#E8C755

#E8C755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.137 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C755
RGB	rgb(232, 199, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -1.03, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 59.74, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0072 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.137 93)
XYZ	xyz(55.3444, 58.6615, 17.0002)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C755 #5576E8

analogous

#E87E55 #E8C755 #BFE855

triadic

#E8C755 #55E8C7 #C755E8

tetradic

#E8C755 #55E87E #5576E8 #E855BF

square

#E8C755 #55E87E #5576E8 #E855BF

split-complementary

#E8C755 #55BFE8 #7E55E8

monochromatic

#AB8A17 #E1B51F #E8C755 #EFD98B #F7EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E8C755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#E8C755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C755

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C755	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)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 199, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.137 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d789',
    500: '#e8c755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c755;
$custom-light: #f3d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83684,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.58659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C755

secondary

#3550AD

accent

#3BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C755

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

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