#E8CA52#E8CA52

#E8CA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.141 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA52
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, -2.76, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 61.87, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0125 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.141 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.9248, 60.0089, 16.6182)
Luminance	0.6001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA52 #5270E8

analogous

#E87F52 #E8CA52 #BBE852

triadic

#E8CA52 #52E8CA #CA52E8

tetradic

#E8CA52 #52E87F #5270E8 #E852BB

square

#E8CA52 #52E87F #5270E8 #E852BB

split-complementary

#E8CA52 #52BBE8 #7F52E8

monochromatic

#A98C16 #DFB81E #E8CA52 #EFDB88 #F6EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E8CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#E8CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA52

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA52	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)

#DEC644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.141 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d988',
    500: '#e8ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca52;
$custom-light: #f3d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84259,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA52

secondary

#344BAB

accent

#36D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA52

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

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