#E8C845#E8C845

#E8C845 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.149 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C845
RGB	rgb(232, 200, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -2.43, 66.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 66.51, 92.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.0131 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.149 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0100, 58.8970, 14.0998)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C845 #4565E8

analogous

#E87745 #E8C845 #B7E845

triadic

#E8C845 #45E8C8 #C845E8

tetradic

#E8C845 #45E877 #4565E8 #E845B7

square

#E8C845 #45E877 #4565E8 #E845B7

split-complementary

#E8C845 #45B7E8 #7745E8

monochromatic

#9F8414 #D5B11A #E8C845 #EFD87B #F5E8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E8C845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#E8C845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C845

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C845	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 200, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.149 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d880',
    500: '#e8c845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c845;
$custom-light: #f3d880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.221,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83747,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C845

secondary

#2F46A2

accent

#59F433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C845

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

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