#E8CB72#E8CB72

#E8CB72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.114 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CB72
RGB	rgb(232, 203, 114)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.42, -0.94, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.42, 47.78, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0036 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.114 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6740, 61.0852, 24.6690)
Luminance	0.6108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CB72 #728FE8

analogous

#E89072 #E8CB72 #CAE872

triadic

#E8CB72 #72E8CB #CB72E8

tetradic

#E8CB72 #72E890 #728FE8 #E872CA

square

#E8CB72 #72E890 #728FE8 #E872CA

split-complementary

#E8CB72 #72CAE8 #9072E8

monochromatic

#C0991F #DFB83D #E8CB72 #F1DEA7 #F9F2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#E8CB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CB72

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CB72	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cb72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.114 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2da9c',
    500: '#e8cb72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cb72;
$custom-light: #f2da9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cb72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84824,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CB72

secondary

#3F5FBF

accent

#41D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CB72

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

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