#E8C858#E8C858

#E8C858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.135 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C858
RGB	rgb(232, 200, 88)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 62.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -1.36, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 58.73, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0078 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.135 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6970, 59.1718, 17.7182)
Luminance	0.5917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C858 #5878E8

analogous

#E88058 #E8C858 #C0E858

triadic

#E8C858 #58E8C8 #C858E8

tetradic

#E8C858 #58E880 #5878E8 #E858C0

square

#E8C858 #58E880 #5878E8 #E858C0

split-complementary

#E8C858 #58C0E8 #8058E8

monochromatic

#AE8C18 #E1B622 #E8C858 #EFDA8E #F7EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E8C858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#E8C858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C858

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C858	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)

#DBC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 200, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.135 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d88b',
    500: '#e8c858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c858;
$custom-light: #f3d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 75.789,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83915,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C858

secondary

#3650AF

accent

#3BD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C858

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

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