#E8CC5A#E8CC5A

#E8CC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.136 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC5A
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.42, -3.28, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.42, 59.07, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.74% -0.0131 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(84.74% 0.136 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.7195, 61.0825, 18.4734)
Luminance	0.6108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC5A #5A76E8

analogous

#E8855A #E8CC5A #BDE85A

triadic

#E8CC5A #5AE8CC #CC5AE8

tetradic

#E8CC5A #5AE885 #5A76E8 #E85ABD

square

#E8CC5A #5AE885 #5A76E8 #E85ABD

split-complementary

#E8CC5A #5ABDE8 #855AE8

monochromatic

#AF9118 #E1BB24 #E8CC5A #EFDD90 #F7EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#E8CC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC5A

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC5A	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.136 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8d',
    500: '#e8cc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc5a;
$custom-light: #f2db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8474,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC5A

secondary

#364EB0

accent

#36D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC5A

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

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