#E8CC50#E8CC50

#E8CC50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.144 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC50
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -3.90, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 63.30, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.016 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.144 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.3222, 60.9235, 16.3806)
Luminance	0.6092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC50 #506CE8

analogous

#E88050 #E8CC50 #B8E850

triadic

#E8CC50 #50E8CC #CC50E8

tetradic

#E8CC50 #50E880 #506CE8 #E850B8

square

#E8CC50 #50E880 #506CE8 #E850B8

split-complementary

#E8CC50 #50B8E8 #8050E8

monochromatic

#A88D16 #DEBA1D #E8CC50 #EFDC86 #F6ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E8CC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC50

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC50	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)

#E0C841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.144 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db87',
    500: '#e8cc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc50;
$custom-light: #f3db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84645,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC50

secondary

#3349A9

accent

#32D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC50

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

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