#E8CC5B#E8CC5B

#E8CC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.135 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC5B
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -3.22, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 58.63, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0128 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.135 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.7624, 61.0996, 18.6990)
Luminance	0.6110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC5B #5B77E8

analogous

#E8855B #E8CC5B #BDE85B

triadic

#E8CC5B #5BE8CC #CC5BE8

tetradic

#E8CC5B #5BE885 #5B77E8 #E85BBD

square

#E8CC5B #5BE885 #5B77E8 #E85BBD

split-complementary

#E8CC5B #5BBDE8 #855BE8

monochromatic

#B09219 #E0BB25 #E8CC5B #F0DD91 #F7EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#E8CC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC5B

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC5B	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)

#DFC84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.135 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8d',
    500: '#e8cc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc5b;
$custom-light: #f2db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84751,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC5B

secondary

#374FB1

accent

#36D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC5B

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

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