#E8C757#E8C757

#E8C757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.135 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C757
RGB	rgb(232, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -0.91, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 58.88, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0066 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.135 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.4250, 58.6937, 17.4246)
Luminance	0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C757 #5778E8

analogous

#E87F57 #E8C757 #C0E857

triadic

#E8C757 #57E8C7 #C757E8

tetradic

#E8C757 #57E87F #5778E8 #E857C0

square

#E8C757 #57E87F #5778E8 #E857C0

split-complementary

#E8C757 #57C0E8 #7F57E8

monochromatic

#AD8B18 #E1B521 #E8C757 #EFD98D #F7EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E8C757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#E8C757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C757

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C757	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)

#DAC44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.135 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d78b',
    500: '#e8c757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c757;
$custom-light: #f3d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83704,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C757

secondary

#3551AE

accent

#3CD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C757

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

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