#E8C85A#E8C85A

#E8C85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.133 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C85A
RGB	rgb(232, 200, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -1.23, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 57.86, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0072 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.133 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.7810, 59.2054, 18.1605)
Luminance	0.5920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C85A #5A7AE8

analogous

#E8815A #E8C85A #C1E85A

triadic

#E8C85A #5AE8C8 #C85AE8

tetradic

#E8C85A #5AE881 #5A7AE8 #E85AC1

square

#E8C85A #5AE881 #5A7AE8 #E85AC1

split-complementary

#E8C85A #5AC1E8 #815AE8

monochromatic

#AF8D18 #E1B624 #E8C85A #EFDA90 #F7ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E8C85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E8C85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C85A

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C85A	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 200, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.133 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d88d',
    500: '#e8c85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c85a;
$custom-light: #f3d88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83935,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C85A

secondary

#3652B0

accent

#3BD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C85A

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

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