#E8CC55#E8CC55

#E8CC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.140 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC55
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -3.60, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 61.21, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.0146 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.14 96)
XYZ	xyz(56.5138, 61.0002, 17.3900)
Luminance	0.6100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC55 #5571E8

analogous

#E88255 #E8CC55 #BBE855

triadic

#E8CC55 #55E8CC #CC55E8

tetradic

#E8CC55 #55E882 #5571E8 #E855BB

square

#E8CC55 #55E882 #5571E8 #E855BB

split-complementary

#E8CC55 #55BBE8 #8255E8

monochromatic

#AB8F17 #E1BC1F #E8CC55 #EFDC8B #F7ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#E8CC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC55

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC55	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.140 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8a',
    500: '#e8cc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc55;
$custom-light: #f3db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84691,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.60997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC55

secondary

#354BAD

accent

#34D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC55

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

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