#E8CA4F#E8CA4F
#E8CA4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.143 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8CA4F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 202, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 77%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 66%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.9%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.82, -2.93, 63.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.82, 63.12, 92.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.23% -0.0134 0.1425) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.23% 0.143 95.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.8132, 59.9642, 16.0300) |
| Luminance | 0.5996 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.29
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.08
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.35
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.85
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.98
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 5.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8CA4F #4F6DE8
analogous
#E87D4F #E8CA4F #B9E84F
triadic
#E8CA4F #4FE8CA #CA4FE8
tetradic
#E8CA4F #4FE87D #4F6DE8 #E84FB9
square
#E8CA4F #4FE87D #4F6DE8 #E84FB9
split-complementary
#E8CA4F #4FB9E8 #7D4FE8
monochromatic
#A78A16 #DDB71D #E8CA4F #EFDA85 #F6EBBB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.62
#E8CA4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.99
#E8CA4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8CA4F
12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8CA4F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8CA4F | 1.00 | 1.62 | 12.99 | 12.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.62 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC640
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5CF55
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FABBB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8ca4f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.143 95.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d986',
500: '#e8ca4f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8ca4f; $custom-light: #f3d986; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8ca4f",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 202,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.235,
"s": 76.884,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84232,
"c": 0.14308,
"h": 95.4
},
"luminance": 0.59961
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8CA4F
secondary
#334AA9
accent
#35D90C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF3
border
#D7D4CD
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F