#E8CB6A#E8CB6A

#E8CB6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.121 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CB6A
RGB	rgb(232, 203, 106)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 54.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -1.61, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 51.54, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.0064 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.121 93)
XYZ	xyz(57.2384, 60.9110, 22.3749)
Luminance	0.6091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CB6A #6A87E8

analogous

#E88C6A #E8CB6A #C6E86A

triadic

#E8CB6A #6AE8CB #CB6AE8

tetradic

#E8CB6A #6AE88C #6A87E8 #E86AC6

square

#E8CB6A #6AE88C #6A87E8 #E86AC6

split-complementary

#E8CB6A #6AC6E8 #8C6AE8

monochromatic

#BB961D #E0B835 #E8CB6A #F0DE9F #F8F0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CB6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E8CB6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CB6A

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CB6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CB6A	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cb6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.121 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2da97',
    500: '#e8cb6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cb6a;
$custom-light: #f2da97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cb6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8472,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.60908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CB6A

secondary

#3C59BA

accent

#3ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CB6A

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

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