#E8CC57#E8CC57

#E8CC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.138 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC57
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -3.48, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 60.36, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.014 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.138 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5944, 61.0324, 17.8144)
Luminance	0.6103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC57 #5773E8

analogous

#E88457 #E8CC57 #BBE857

triadic

#E8CC57 #57E8CC #CC57E8

tetradic

#E8CC57 #57E884 #5773E8 #E857BB

square

#E8CC57 #57E884 #5773E8 #E857BB

split-complementary

#E8CC57 #57BBE8 #8457E8

monochromatic

#AD9018 #E1BC21 #E8CC57 #EFDC8D #F7EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#E8CC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC57

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC57	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.138 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8b',
    500: '#e8cc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc57;
$custom-light: #f3db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8471,
    "c": 0.13844,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC57

secondary

#354DAE

accent

#35D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC57

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

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