#E8CA65#E8CA65
#E8CA65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.125 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8CA65 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 202, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 74%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 56%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 56.5%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.02, -1.48, 53.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.02, 53.53, 91.58°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.46% -0.0066 0.125) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.46% 0.125 93) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.7505, 60.3392, 20.9668) |
| Luminance | 0.6034 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.87
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.39
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.40
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.06
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.55
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8CA65 #6583E8
analogous
#E88965 #E8CA65 #C4E865
triadic
#E8CA65 #65E8CA #CA65E8
tetradic
#E8CA65 #65E889 #6583E8 #E865C4
square
#E8CA65 #65E889 #6583E8 #E865C4
split-complementary
#E8CA65 #65C4E8 #8965E8
monochromatic
#B7941B #E0B830 #E8CA65 #F0DC9A #F8EFCF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E8CA65 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.07
#E8CA65 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8CA65
13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8CA65 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8CA65 | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.07 | 13.07 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC75B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D069
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9BCB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8ca65; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.125 93.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d994',
500: '#e8ca65',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8ca65; $custom-light: #f2d994; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8ca65",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 202,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.26,
"s": 74.011,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84458,
"c": 0.12518,
"h": 93
},
"luminance": 0.60336
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8CA65
secondary
#3A57B7
accent
#3DD60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F