#E8CA6C#E8CA6C
#E8CA6C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.119 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8CA6C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 202, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 53.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.10, -0.93, 50.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.10, 50.29, 91.06°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.55% -0.0042 0.1187) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.55% 0.119 92) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.1082, 60.4823, 22.8506) |
| Luminance | 0.6048 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.14
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.01
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.02
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.19
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.40
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8CA6C #6C8AE8
analogous
#E88C6C #E8CA6C #C8E86C
triadic
#E8CA6C #6CE8CA #CA6CE8
tetradic
#E8CA6C #6CE88C #6C8AE8 #E86CC8
square
#E8CA6C #6CE88C #6C8AE8 #E86CC8
split-complementary
#E8CA6C #6CC8E8 #8C6CE8
monochromatic
#BC961D #E0B737 #E8CA6C #F0DDA1 #F9F0D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#E8CA6C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.10
#E8CA6C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8CA6C
13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8CA6C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8CA6C | 1.00 | 1.60 | 13.10 | 13.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC764
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3D070
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BDB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8ca6c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.119 92.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d998',
500: '#e8ca6c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8ca6c; $custom-light: #f2d998; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8ca6c",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 202,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.484,
"s": 72.941,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84545,
"c": 0.11878,
"h": 92
},
"luminance": 0.6048
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8CA6C
secondary
#3D5BBB
accent
#40D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F