#E8CB50#E8CB50

#E8CB50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.143 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CB50
RGB	rgb(232, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -3.39, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 63.00, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0146 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.143 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0852, 60.4497, 16.3016)
Luminance	0.6045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CB50 #506DE8

analogous

#E87F50 #E8CB50 #B9E850

triadic

#E8CB50 #50E8CB #CB50E8

tetradic

#E8CB50 #50E87F #506DE8 #E850B9

square

#E8CB50 #50E87F #506DE8 #E850B9

split-complementary

#E8CB50 #50B9E8 #7F50E8

monochromatic

#A88C16 #DEB91D #E8CB50 #EFDB86 #F6EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E8CB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#E8CB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CB50

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CB50	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)

#DFC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.143 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da87',
    500: '#e8cb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cb50;
$custom-light: #f3da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.553,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84443,
    "c": 0.14305,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CB50

secondary

#334AA9

accent

#34D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CB50

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

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