#E8CB5B#E8CB5B

#E8CB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.134 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CB5B
RGB	rgb(232, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -2.70, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 58.32, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.0113 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.134 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5254, 60.6258, 18.6201)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CB5B #5B78E8

analogous

#E8845B #E8CB5B #BEE85B

triadic

#E8CB5B #5BE8CB #CB5BE8

tetradic

#E8CB5B #5BE884 #5B78E8 #E85BBE

square

#E8CB5B #5BE884 #5B78E8 #E85BBE

split-complementary

#E8CB5B #5BBEE8 #845BE8

monochromatic

#B09119 #E0BA25 #E8CB5B #F0DC91 #F7EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E8CB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E8CB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CB5B

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CB5B	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)

#DEC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.134 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2da8d',
    500: '#e8cb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cb5b;
$custom-light: #f2da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84549,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CB5B

secondary

#3750B1

accent

#37D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CB5B

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

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