#E8C856#E8C856

#E8C856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.136 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C856
RGB	rgb(232, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.37, -1.49, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.37, 59.60, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0084 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.136 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.6153, 59.1391, 17.2879)
Luminance	0.5914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C856 #5676E8

analogous

#E87F56 #E8C856 #BFE856

triadic

#E8C856 #56E8C8 #C856E8

tetradic

#E8C856 #56E87F #5676E8 #E856BF

square

#E8C856 #56E87F #5676E8 #E856BF

split-complementary

#E8C856 #56BFE8 #7F56E8

monochromatic

#AC8C17 #E1B620 #E8C856 #EFDA8C #F7EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E8C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#E8C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C856

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C856	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.136 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d88a',
    500: '#e8c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c856;
$custom-light: #f3d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83895,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C856

secondary

#354FAD

accent

#3AD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C856

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

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