#E8CA62#E8CA62

#E8CA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.128 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA62
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -1.70, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 54.90, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0076 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.128 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.6062, 60.2815, 20.2068)
Luminance	0.6028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA62 #6280E8

analogous

#E88762 #E8CA62 #C3E862

triadic

#E8CA62 #62E8CA #CA62E8

tetradic

#E8CA62 #62E887 #6280E8 #E862C3

square

#E8CA62 #62E887 #6280E8 #E862C3

split-complementary

#E8CA62 #62C3E8 #8762E8

monochromatic

#B5921B #E0B82D #E8CA62 #F0DC97 #F8EECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E8CA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#E8CA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA62

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA62	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.128 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d992',
    500: '#e8ca62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca62;
$custom-light: #f2d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84424,
    "c": 0.12784,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA62

secondary

#3955B5

accent

#3CD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA62

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

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