#E8CB6C#E8CB6C
#E8CB6C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.120 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8CB6C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 203, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 53.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.35, -1.45, 50.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.35, 50.61, 91.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.75% -0.0057 0.1194) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.75% 0.12 92.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.3436, 60.9530, 22.9291) |
| Luminance | 0.6095 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.09
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.70
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.84
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.08
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.21
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8CB6C #6C89E8
analogous
#E88D6C #E8CB6C #C7E86C
triadic
#E8CB6C #6CE8CB #CB6CE8
tetradic
#E8CB6C #6CE88D #6C89E8 #E86CC7
square
#E8CB6C #6CE88D #6C89E8 #E86CC7
split-complementary
#E8CB6C #6CC7E8 #8D6CE8
monochromatic
#BC971D #E0B837 #E8CB6C #F0DEA1 #F9F0D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#E8CB6C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.19
#E8CB6C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8CB6C
13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8CB6C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8CB6C | 1.00 | 1.59 | 13.19 | 13.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC863
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D170
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BEB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8cb6c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.120 92.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2da98',
500: '#e8cb6c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8cb6c; $custom-light: #f2da98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8cb6c",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 203,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.968,
"s": 72.941,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84745,
"c": 0.11951,
"h": 92.7
},
"luminance": 0.6095
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8CB6C
secondary
#3D5ABB
accent
#3ED510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F