#E8CB5C#E8CB5C
#E8CB5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.134 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8CB5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 203, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 60.3%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.19, -2.64, 57.82) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.19, 57.88, 92.61°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.56% -0.011 0.1332) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.56% 0.134 94.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.5689, 60.6431, 18.8488) |
| Luminance | 0.6064 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.63
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.88
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.97
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.24
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.48
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8CB5C #5C79E8
analogous
#E8855C #E8CB5C #BFE85C
triadic
#E8CB5C #5CE8CB #CB5CE8
tetradic
#E8CB5C #5CE885 #5C79E8 #E85CBF
square
#E8CB5C #5CE885 #5C79E8 #E85CBF
split-complementary
#E8CB5C #5CBFE8 #855CE8
monochromatic
#B19119 #E0BA26 #E8CB5C #F0DC92 #F7EDC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#E8CB5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.13
#E8CB5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8CB5C
13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8CB5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8CB5C | 1.00 | 1.60 | 13.13 | 13.13 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC750
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D061
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9BDB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8cb5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.134 94.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2da8e',
500: '#e8cb5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8cb5c; $custom-light: #f2da8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8cb5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 203,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.571,
"s": 75.269,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84559,
"c": 0.13366,
"h": 94.7
},
"luminance": 0.6064
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8CB5C
secondary
#3750B1
accent
#38D70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F