#E8C956#E8C956

#E8C956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.137 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C956
RGB	rgb(232, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -2.00, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 59.89, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0099 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.137 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.8476, 59.6038, 17.3653)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C956 #5675E8

analogous

#E88056 #E8C956 #BEE856

triadic

#E8C956 #56E8C9 #C956E8

tetradic

#E8C956 #56E880 #5675E8 #E856BE

square

#E8C956 #56E880 #5675E8 #E856BE

split-complementary

#E8C956 #56BEE8 #8056E8

monochromatic

#AC8D17 #E1B820 #E8C956 #EFDA8C #F7EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E8C956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#E8C956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C956

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C956	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.137 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98a',
    500: '#e8c956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c956;
$custom-light: #f3d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.26,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84096,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C956

secondary

#354EAD

accent

#38D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C956

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

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