#E8CA5B#E8CA5B

#E8CA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.134 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA5B
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -2.19, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 58.02, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% -0.0098 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.134 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2901, 60.1550, 18.5416)
Luminance	0.6015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA5B #5B79E8

analogous

#E8835B #E8CA5B #BFE85B

triadic

#E8CA5B #5BE8CA #CA5BE8

tetradic

#E8CA5B #5BE883 #5B79E8 #E85BBF

square

#E8CA5B #5BE883 #5B79E8 #E85BBF

split-complementary

#E8CA5B #5BBFE8 #835BE8

monochromatic

#B09019 #E0B925 #E8CA5B #F0DB91 #F7EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E8CA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E8CA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA5B

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA5B	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)

#DDC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.134 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d98d',
    500: '#e8ca5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca5b;
$custom-light: #f2d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84347,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA5B

secondary

#3751B1

accent

#39D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA5B

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

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