#E8C849#E8C849

#E8C849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.146 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C849
RGB	rgb(232, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -2.23, 64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 64.96, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.0121 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.146 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.1383, 58.9484, 14.7759)
Luminance	0.5895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C849 #4969E8

analogous

#E87949 #E8C849 #B8E849

triadic

#E8C849 #49E8C8 #C849E8

tetradic

#E8C849 #49E879 #4969E8 #E849B8

square

#E8C849 #49E879 #4969E8 #E849B8

split-complementary

#E8C849 #49B8E8 #7949E8

monochromatic

#A28614 #D8B21B #E8C849 #EFD87F #F6E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E8C849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#E8C849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C849

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C849	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.146 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d882',
    500: '#e8c849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c849;
$custom-light: #f3d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.925,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83778,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C849

secondary

#3148A4

accent

#5AF434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C849

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

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