#E8CA57#E8CA57

#E8CA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.137 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA57
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -2.45, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 59.75, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.0111 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.137 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.1221, 60.0878, 17.6570)
Luminance	0.6008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA57 #5775E8

analogous

#E88157 #E8CA57 #BEE857

triadic

#E8CA57 #57E8CA #CA57E8

tetradic

#E8CA57 #57E881 #5775E8 #E857BE

square

#E8CA57 #57E881 #5775E8 #E857BE

split-complementary

#E8CA57 #57BEE8 #8157E8

monochromatic

#AD8E18 #E1B921 #E8CA57 #EFDB8D #F7ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E8CA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E8CA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA57

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA57	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.137 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98b',
    500: '#e8ca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca57;
$custom-light: #f3d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84307,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA57

secondary

#354EAE

accent

#37D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA57

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

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