#E8CA50#E8CA50

#E8CA50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.142 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA50
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, -2.88, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 62.70, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0131 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.142 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8498, 59.9789, 16.2232)
Luminance	0.5998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA50 #506EE8

analogous

#E87E50 #E8CA50 #BAE850

triadic

#E8CA50 #50E8CA #CA50E8

tetradic

#E8CA50 #50E87E #506EE8 #E850BA

square

#E8CA50 #50E87E #506EE8 #E850BA

split-complementary

#E8CA50 #50BAE8 #7E50E8

monochromatic

#A88B16 #DEB81D #E8CA50 #EFDA86 #F6EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E8CA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#E8CA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA50

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA50	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.142 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d987',
    500: '#e8ca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca50;
$custom-light: #f3d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.158,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84241,
    "c": 0.14234,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA50

secondary

#334AA9

accent

#35D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA50

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

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