#E8CB5A#E8CB5A

#E8CB5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.135 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CB5A
RGB	rgb(232, 203, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -2.77, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 58.76, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.0116 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.135 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4826, 60.6086, 18.3944)
Luminance	0.6061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CB5A #5A77E8

analogous

#E8845A #E8CB5A #BEE85A

triadic

#E8CB5A #5AE8CB #CB5AE8

tetradic

#E8CB5A #5AE884 #5A77E8 #E85ABE

square

#E8CB5A #5AE884 #5A77E8 #E85ABE

split-complementary

#E8CB5A #5ABEE8 #845AE8

monochromatic

#AF9018 #E1BA24 #E8CB5A #EFDC90 #F7EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E8CB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E8CB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CB5A

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CB5A	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.135 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2da8d',
    500: '#e8cb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cb5a;
$custom-light: #f2da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84539,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CB5A

secondary

#364FB0

accent

#37D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CB5A

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

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