#E8CA55#E8CA55

#E8CA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.139 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA55
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -2.58, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 60.61, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0117 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.139 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0415, 60.0556, 17.2326)
Luminance	0.6005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA55 #5573E8

analogous

#E88155 #E8CA55 #BDE855

triadic

#E8CA55 #55E8CA #CA55E8

tetradic

#E8CA55 #55E881 #5573E8 #E855BD

square

#E8CA55 #55E881 #5573E8 #E855BD

split-complementary

#E8CA55 #55BDE8 #8155E8

monochromatic

#AB8D17 #E1B91F #E8CA55 #EFDB8B #F7ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E8CA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E8CA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA55

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA55	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.139 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98a',
    500: '#e8ca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca55;
$custom-light: #f3d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84287,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA55

secondary

#354DAD

accent

#37D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA55

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

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