#E8C855#E8C855

#E8C855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.137 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C855
RGB	rgb(232, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -1.55, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 60.02, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0087 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.137 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.5753, 59.1231, 17.0772)
Luminance	0.5912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C855 #5575E8

analogous

#E87F55 #E8C855 #BEE855

triadic

#E8C855 #55E8C8 #C855E8

tetradic

#E8C855 #55E87F #5575E8 #E855BE

square

#E8C855 #55E87F #5575E8 #E855BE

split-complementary

#E8C855 #55BEE8 #7F55E8

monochromatic

#AB8B17 #E1B71F #E8C855 #EFD98B #F7EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E8C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E8C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C855

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C855	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.137 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d889',
    500: '#e8c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c855;
$custom-light: #f3d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83885,
    "c": 0.13718,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C855

secondary

#354FAD

accent

#39D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C855

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

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