#E8CB56#E8CB56

#E8CB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.139 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CB56
RGB	rgb(232, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, -3.03, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 60.48, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0128 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.139 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3169, 60.5424, 17.5218)
Luminance	0.6054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CB56 #5673E8

analogous

#E88256 #E8CB56 #BCE856

triadic

#E8CB56 #56E8CB #CB56E8

tetradic

#E8CB56 #56E882 #5673E8 #E856BC

square

#E8CB56 #56E882 #5673E8 #E856BC

split-complementary

#E8CB56 #56BCE8 #8256E8

monochromatic

#AC8F17 #E1BA20 #E8CB56 #EFDC8C #F7ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E8CB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E8CB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CB56

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CB56	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.139 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da8a',
    500: '#e8cb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cb56;
$custom-light: #f3da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84499,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CB56

secondary

#354DAD

accent

#36D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CB56

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

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