#E8CB61#E8CB61

#E8CB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.129 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CB61
RGB	rgb(232, 203, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -2.29, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 55.66, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% -0.0094 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.129 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7947, 60.7335, 20.0381)
Luminance	0.6073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CB61 #617EE8

analogous

#E88861 #E8CB61 #C2E861

triadic

#E8CB61 #61E8CB #CB61E8

tetradic

#E8CB61 #61E888 #617EE8 #E861C2

square

#E8CB61 #61E888 #617EE8 #E861C2

split-complementary

#E8CB61 #61C2E8 #8861E8

monochromatic

#B4931A #E0B92C #E8CB61 #F0DD96 #F8EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E8CB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E8CB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CB61

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CB61	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.129 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2da91',
    500: '#e8cb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cb61;
$custom-light: #f2da91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84613,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CB61

secondary

#3953B5

accent

#3AD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CB61

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

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