#E8CB57#E8CB57

#E8CB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.138 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CB57
RGB	rgb(232, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -2.96, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 60.06, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0125 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.138 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3575, 60.5586, 17.7354)
Luminance	0.6056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CB57 #5774E8

analogous

#E88357 #E8CB57 #BCE857

triadic

#E8CB57 #57E8CB #CB57E8

tetradic

#E8CB57 #57E883 #5774E8 #E857BC

square

#E8CB57 #57E883 #5774E8 #E857BC

split-complementary

#E8CB57 #57BCE8 #8357E8

monochromatic

#AD8F18 #E1BA21 #E8CB57 #EFDC8D #F7ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E8CB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E8CB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CB57

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CB57	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)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.138 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da8b',
    500: '#e8cb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cb57;
$custom-light: #f3da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84508,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CB57

secondary

#354DAE

accent

#36D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CB57

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

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