#E8C851#E8C851

#E8C851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.140 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C851
RGB	rgb(232, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -1.79, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 61.71, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0099 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.14 94)
XYZ	xyz(55.4208, 59.0614, 16.2638)
Luminance	0.5906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C851 #5171E8

analogous

#E87D51 #E8C851 #BDE851

triadic

#E8C851 #51E8C8 #C851E8

tetradic

#E8C851 #51E87D #5171E8 #E851BD

square

#E8C851 #51E87D #5171E8 #E851BD

split-complementary

#E8C851 #51BDE8 #7D51E8

monochromatic

#A88916 #DEB61D #E8C851 #EFD987 #F6EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E8C851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#E8C851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C851

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C851	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)

#DCC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.140 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d887',
    500: '#e8c851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c851;
$custom-light: #f3d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83847,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.59058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C851

secondary

#334CAA

accent

#38D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C851

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

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