#E8CA56#E8CA56

#E8CA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.138 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA56
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -2.51, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 60.18, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.0114 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.138 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.0815, 60.0716, 17.4433)
Luminance	0.6007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA56 #5674E8

analogous

#E88156 #E8CA56 #BDE856

triadic

#E8CA56 #56E8CA #CA56E8

tetradic

#E8CA56 #56E881 #5674E8 #E856BD

square

#E8CA56 #56E881 #5674E8 #E856BD

split-complementary

#E8CA56 #56BDE8 #8156E8

monochromatic

#AC8E17 #E1B920 #E8CA56 #EFDB8C #F7ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E8CA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E8CA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA56

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA56	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)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.138 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98a',
    500: '#e8ca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca56;
$custom-light: #f3d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84297,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA56

secondary

#354EAD

accent

#37D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA56

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →