#E8CA6D#E8CA6D

#E8CA6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.118 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA6D
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 109)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 53%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -0.85, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 49.83, 90.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0039 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.118 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.1617, 60.5037, 23.1325)
Luminance	0.6050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA6D #6D8BE8

analogous

#E88D6D #E8CA6D #C9E86D

triadic

#E8CA6D #6DE8CA #CA6DE8

tetradic

#E8CA6D #6DE88D #6D8BE8 #E86DC9

square

#E8CA6D #6DE88D #6D8BE8 #E86DC9

split-complementary

#E8CA6D #6DC9E8 #8D6DE8

monochromatic

#BD961E #E0B738 #E8CA6D #F0DDA2 #F9F0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E8CA6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E8CA6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA6D

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA6D	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)

#DCC765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.118 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d999',
    500: '#e8ca6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca6d;
$custom-light: #f2d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84557,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA6D

secondary

#3D5CBC

accent

#40D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA6D

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

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