#E8C85B#E8C85B

#E8C85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.132 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C85B
RGB	rgb(232, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -1.16, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 57.42, 91.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0069 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.132 93)
XYZ	xyz(55.8238, 59.2225, 18.3862)
Luminance	0.5922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C85B #5B7BE8

analogous

#E8815B #E8C85B #C1E85B

triadic

#E8C85B #5BE8C8 #C85BE8

tetradic

#E8C85B #5BE881 #5B7BE8 #E85BC1

square

#E8C85B #5BE881 #5B7BE8 #E85BC1

split-complementary

#E8C85B #5BC1E8 #815BE8

monochromatic

#B08E19 #E0B625 #E8C85B #F0DA91 #F7ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E8C85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E8C85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C85B

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C85B	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)

#DBC54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.132 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d88d',
    500: '#e8c85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c85b;
$custom-light: #f2d88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83946,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.5922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C85B

secondary

#3752B1

accent

#3CD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C85B

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

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