#E8CB5D#E8CB5D
#E8CB5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.133 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8CB5D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 203, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 59.9%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.20, -2.57, 57.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.20, 57.44, 92.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.57% -0.0107 0.1324) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.57% 0.133 94.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.6129, 60.6607, 19.0805) |
| Luminance | 0.6066 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.68
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.90
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.85
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.18
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.48
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8CB5D #5D7AE8
analogous
#E8855D #E8CB5D #BFE85D
triadic
#E8CB5D #5DE8CB #CB5DE8
tetradic
#E8CB5D #5DE885 #5D7AE8 #E85DBF
square
#E8CB5D #5DE885 #5D7AE8 #E85DBF
split-complementary
#E8CB5D #5DBFE8 #855DE8
monochromatic
#B19219 #E0BA27 #E8CB5D #F0DC93 #F7EDC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#E8CB5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.13
#E8CB5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8CB5D
13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8CB5D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8CB5D | 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)
#DEC751
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D062
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9BDB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8cb5d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.133 94.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2da8f',
500: '#e8cb5d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8cb5d; $custom-light: #f2da8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8cb5d",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 203,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.482,
"s": 75.135,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8457,
"c": 0.13283,
"h": 94.6
},
"luminance": 0.60658
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8CB5D
secondary
#3751B2
accent
#38D70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F