#E8CA6A#E8CA6A

#E8CA6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.121 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA6A
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 106)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 54.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -1.09, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 51.23, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0049 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.121 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.0030, 60.4402, 22.2964)
Luminance	0.6044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA6A #6A88E8

analogous

#E88B6A #E8CA6A #C7E86A

triadic

#E8CA6A #6AE8CA #CA6AE8

tetradic

#E8CA6A #6AE88B #6A88E8 #E86AC7

square

#E8CA6A #6AE88B #6A88E8 #E86AC7

split-complementary

#E8CA6A #6AC7E8 #8B6AE8

monochromatic

#BB951D #E0B735 #E8CA6A #F0DD9F #F8F0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E8CA6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#E8CA6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA6A

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA6A	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.121 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d997',
    500: '#e8ca6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca6a;
$custom-light: #f2d997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84519,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA6A

secondary

#3C5ABA

accent

#3FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA6A

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

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