#E8C756#E8C756

#E8C756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.136 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C756
RGB	rgb(232, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -0.97, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 59.31, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0069 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.136 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.3845, 58.6775, 17.2109)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C756 #5677E8

analogous

#E87E56 #E8C756 #C0E856

triadic

#E8C756 #56E8C7 #C756E8

tetradic

#E8C756 #56E87E #5677E8 #E856C0

square

#E8C756 #56E87E #5677E8 #E856C0

split-complementary

#E8C756 #56C0E8 #7E56E8

monochromatic

#AC8B17 #E1B520 #E8C756 #EFD98C #F7EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E8C756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#E8C756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C756

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C756	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.136 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d78a',
    500: '#e8c756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c756;
$custom-light: #f3d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83694,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C756

secondary

#3550AD

accent

#3BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C756

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

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