#E8CA4B#E8CA4B

#E8CA4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.146 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA4B
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 67.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -3.15, 64.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 64.73, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0145 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.146 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.6719, 59.9077, 15.2862)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA4B #4B69E8

analogous

#E87B4B #E8CA4B #B7E84B

triadic

#E8CA4B #4BE8CA #CA4BE8

tetradic

#E8CA4B #4BE87B #4B69E8 #E84BB7

square

#E8CA4B #4BE87B #4B69E8 #E84BB7

split-complementary

#E8CA4B #4BB7E8 #7B4BE8

monochromatic

#A48815 #DAB61C #E8CA4B #EFDA81 #F6EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E8CA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#E8CA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA4B

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA4B	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.146 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d984',
    500: '#e8ca4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca4b;
$custom-light: #f3d984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.535,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84198,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA4B

secondary

#3148A6

accent

#33DA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA4B

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

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