#E8CA5A#E8CA5A

#E8CA5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.135 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA5A
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 90)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -2.26, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 58.45, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0101 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.135 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.2472, 60.1379, 18.3159)
Luminance	0.6014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA5A #5A78E8

analogous

#E8835A #E8CA5A #BFE85A

triadic

#E8CA5A #5AE8CA #CA5AE8

tetradic

#E8CA5A #5AE883 #5A78E8 #E85ABF

square

#E8CA5A #5AE883 #5A78E8 #E85ABF

split-complementary

#E8CA5A #5ABFE8 #835AE8

monochromatic

#AF8F18 #E1B924 #E8CA5A #EFDB90 #F7EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E8CA5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E8CA5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA5A

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA5A	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.135 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98d',
    500: '#e8ca5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca5a;
$custom-light: #f3d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84337,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA5A

secondary

#3650B0

accent

#38D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA5A

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

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