#E8C960#E8C960

#E8C960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.129 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C960
RGB	rgb(232, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -1.33, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 55.49, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0068 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.129 93)
XYZ	xyz(56.2791, 59.7764, 19.6377)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C960 #607FE8

analogous

#E88560 #E8C960 #C3E860

triadic

#E8C960 #60E8C9 #C960E8

tetradic

#E8C960 #60E885 #607FE8 #E860C3

square

#E8C960 #60E885 #607FE8 #E860C3

split-complementary

#E8C960 #60C3E8 #8560E8

monochromatic

#B4911A #E0B72B #E8C960 #F0DB95 #F7EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E8C960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E8C960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C960

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C960	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.129 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d990',
    500: '#e8c960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c960;
$custom-light: #f2d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.842,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.59774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C960

secondary

#3854B4

accent

#3CD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C960

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

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