#E8CA5C#E8CA5C
#E8CA5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.133 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8CA5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 202, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.3%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.93, -2.12, 57.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.93, 57.58, 92.11°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.36% -0.0095 0.1326) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.36% 0.133 94.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.3335, 60.1724, 18.7703) |
| Luminance | 0.6017 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.64
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.97
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.91
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.44
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.66
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.69
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8CA5C #5C7AE8
analogous
#E8845C #E8CA5C #C0E85C
triadic
#E8CA5C #5CE8CA #CA5CE8
tetradic
#E8CA5C #5CE884 #5C7AE8 #E85CC0
square
#E8CA5C #5CE884 #5C7AE8 #E85CC0
split-complementary
#E8CA5C #5CC0E8 #845CE8
monochromatic
#B19019 #E0B926 #E8CA5C #F0DB92 #F7EDC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E8CA5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.03
#E8CA5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8CA5C
13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8CA5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8CA5C | 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)
#DDC650
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D061
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9BCB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8ca5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.133 94.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d98e',
500: '#e8ca5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8ca5c; $custom-light: #f2d98e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8ca5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 202,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.143,
"s": 75.269,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84358,
"c": 0.13294,
"h": 94.1
},
"luminance": 0.6017
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8CA5C
secondary
#3751B1
accent
#39D70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F