#E8CA61#E8CA61

#E8CA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.129 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA61
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -1.77, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 55.35, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0079 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.129 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5593, 60.2627, 19.9596)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA61 #617FE8

analogous

#E88761 #E8CA61 #C2E861

triadic

#E8CA61 #61E8CA #CA61E8

tetradic

#E8CA61 #61E887 #617FE8 #E861C2

square

#E8CA61 #61E887 #617FE8 #E861C2

split-complementary

#E8CA61 #61C2E8 #8761E8

monochromatic

#B4921A #E0B82C #E8CA61 #F0DC96 #F8EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E8CA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E8CA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA61

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA61	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.129 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d991',
    500: '#e8ca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca61;
$custom-light: #f2d991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84412,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA61

secondary

#3954B5

accent

#3BD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA61

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

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