#E8C84F#E8C84F

#E8C84F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.142 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C84F
RGB	rgb(232, 200, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 65.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -1.90, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 62.54, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0104 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.142 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.3470, 59.0318, 15.8746)
Luminance	0.5903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C84F #4F6FE8

analogous

#E87B4F #E8C84F #BBE84F

triadic

#E8C84F #4FE8C8 #C84FE8

tetradic

#E8C84F #4FE87B #4F6FE8 #E84FBB

square

#E8C84F #4FE87B #4F6FE8 #E84FBB

split-complementary

#E8C84F #4FBBE8 #7B4FE8

monochromatic

#A78816 #DDB51D #E8C84F #EFD985 #F6EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E8C84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#E8C84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C84F

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C84F	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 200, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.142 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d886',
    500: '#e8c84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c84f;
$custom-light: #f3d886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 76.884,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83829,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C84F

secondary

#334BA9

accent

#37D90C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C84F

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

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