#E8CB62#E8CB62

#E8CB62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.129 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CB62
RGB	rgb(232, 203, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -2.22, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 55.21, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0091 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.129 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8416, 60.7522, 20.2852)
Luminance	0.6075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CB62 #627FE8

analogous

#E88862 #E8CB62 #C2E862

triadic

#E8CB62 #62E8CB #CB62E8

tetradic

#E8CB62 #62E888 #627FE8 #E862C2

square

#E8CB62 #62E888 #627FE8 #E862C2

split-complementary

#E8CB62 #62C2E8 #8862E8

monochromatic

#B5941B #E0B92D #E8CB62 #F0DD97 #F8EECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E8CB62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E8CB62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CB62

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CB62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CB62	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)

#DDC758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cb62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.129 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2da92',
    500: '#e8cb62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cb62;
$custom-light: #f2da92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cb62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84625,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CB62

secondary

#3954B5

accent

#3AD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CB62

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

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