#E8CB60#E8CB60
#E8CB60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.130 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8CB60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 203, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 58.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.23, -2.36, 56.06) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.23, 56.11, 92.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.6% -0.0097 0.1299) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.6% 0.13 94.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.7484, 60.7149, 19.7941) |
| Luminance | 0.6071 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.89
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.99
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.49
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.01
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.51
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8CB60 #607DE8
analogous
#E88760 #E8CB60 #C1E860
triadic
#E8CB60 #60E8CB #CB60E8
tetradic
#E8CB60 #60E887 #607DE8 #E860C1
square
#E8CB60 #60E887 #607DE8 #E860C1
split-complementary
#E8CB60 #60C1E8 #8760E8
monochromatic
#B4931A #E0BA2B #E8CB60 #F0DC95 #F7EECB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#E8CB60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.14
#E8CB60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8CB60
13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8CB60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8CB60 | 1.00 | 1.60 | 13.14 | 13.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC755
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D065
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9BDB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8cb60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.130 94.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2da91',
500: '#e8cb60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8cb60; $custom-light: #f2da91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8cb60",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 203,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.206,
"s": 74.725,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84602,
"c": 0.13028,
"h": 94.3
},
"luminance": 0.60712
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8CB60
secondary
#3853B4
accent
#39D70F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F