#E8CC4D#E8CC4D

#E8CC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.146 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC4D
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 66.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -4.07, 64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 64.52, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% -0.0169 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.146 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.2138, 60.8802, 15.8098)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC4D #4D69E8

analogous

#E87E4D #E8CC4D #B7E84D

triadic

#E8CC4D #4DE8CC #CC4DE8

tetradic

#E8CC4D #4DE87E #4D69E8 #E84DB7

square

#E8CC4D #4DE87E #4D69E8 #E84DB7

split-complementary

#E8CC4D #4DB7E8 #7E4DE8

monochromatic

#A58B15 #DBB91C #E8CC4D #EFDC83 #F6EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E8CC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC4D

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC4D	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)

#E0C83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.146 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db85',
    500: '#e8cc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc4d;
$custom-light: #f3db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.161,
    "s": 77.114,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84619,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC4D

secondary

#3247A7

accent

#31D90C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC4D

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

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