#E8CA5E#E8CA5E

#E8CA5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.131 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA5E
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, -1.99, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 56.69, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% -0.0089 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.131 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4221, 60.2078, 19.2368)
Luminance	0.6020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA5E #5E7CE8

analogous

#E8855E #E8CA5E #C1E85E

triadic

#E8CA5E #5EE8CA #CA5EE8

tetradic

#E8CA5E #5EE885 #5E7CE8 #E85EC1

square

#E8CA5E #5EE885 #5E7CE8 #E85EC1

split-complementary

#E8CA5E #5EC1E8 #855EE8

monochromatic

#B29119 #E0B828 #E8CA5E #F0DC94 #F7EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E8CA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E8CA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA5E

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA5E	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.131 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d98f',
    500: '#e8ca5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca5e;
$custom-light: #f2d98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84379,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA5E

secondary

#3852B3

accent

#3AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA5E

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

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