#E8CC45#E8CC45

#E8CC45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.151 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC45
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -4.48, 67.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 67.63, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0189 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.151 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.9485, 60.7741, 14.4127)
Luminance	0.6077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC45 #4561E8

analogous

#E87B45 #E8CC45 #B3E845

triadic

#E8CC45 #45E8CC #CC45E8

tetradic

#E8CC45 #45E87B #4561E8 #E845B3

square

#E8CC45 #45E87B #4561E8 #E845B3

split-complementary

#E8CC45 #45B3E8 #7B45E8

monochromatic

#9F8714 #D5B51A #E8CC45 #EFDB7B #F5EAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E8CC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E8CC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC45

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC45	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)

#E0C731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.151 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db80',
    500: '#e8cc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc45;
$custom-light: #f3db80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.693,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84556,
    "c": 0.15135,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC45

secondary

#2F43A2

accent

#54F433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC45

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

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