#E8CA45#E8CA45

#E8CA45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.150 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA45
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -3.46, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 67.06, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.016 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.15 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.4762, 59.8294, 14.2552)
Luminance	0.5983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA45 #4563E8

analogous

#E87945 #E8CA45 #B5E845

triadic

#E8CA45 #45E8CA #CA45E8

tetradic

#E8CA45 #45E879 #4563E8 #E845B5

square

#E8CA45 #45E879 #4563E8 #E845B5

split-complementary

#E8CA45 #45B5E8 #7945E8

monochromatic

#9F8514 #D5B31A #E8CA45 #EFDA7B #F5E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E8CA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E8CA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA45

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA45	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.150 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d980',
    500: '#e8ca45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca45;
$custom-light: #f3d980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.957,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84151,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA45

secondary

#2F45A2

accent

#57F433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA45

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

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