#E8C75C#E8C75C
#E8C75C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.131 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8C75C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 199, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 60.3%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.17, -0.58, 56.68) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.17, 56.69, 90.58°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.76% -0.0051 0.1308) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.76% 0.131 92.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.6364, 58.7782, 18.5380) |
| Luminance | 0.5877 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.99
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.51
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.94
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.16
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.34
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8C75C #5C7DE8
analogous
#E8815C #E8C75C #C3E85C
triadic
#E8C75C #5CE8C7 #C75CE8
tetradic
#E8C75C #5CE881 #5C7DE8 #E85CC3
square
#E8C75C #5CE881 #5C7DE8 #E85CC3
split-complementary
#E8C75C #5CC3E8 #815CE8
monochromatic
#B18D19 #E0B526 #E8C75C #F0D992 #F7ECC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.65
#E8C75C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.76
#E8C75C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8C75C
12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8C75C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8C75C | 1.00 | 1.65 | 12.76 | 12.76 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC451
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CE61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9B9AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8c75c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 199, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.131 92.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d78e',
500: '#e8c75c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8c75c; $custom-light: #f2d78e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8c75c",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 199,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.857,
"s": 75.269,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83756,
"c": 0.13088,
"h": 92.2
},
"luminance": 0.58775
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8C75C
secondary
#3754B1
accent
#3ED70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F