#E8CC5C#E8CC5C

#E8CC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.134 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC5C
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -3.15, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 58.19, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.0125 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.134 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.8058, 61.1170, 18.9277)
Luminance	0.6111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC5C #5C78E8

analogous

#E8865C #E8CC5C #BEE85C

triadic

#E8CC5C #5CE8CC #CC5CE8

tetradic

#E8CC5C #5CE886 #5C78E8 #E85CBE

square

#E8CC5C #5CE886 #5C78E8 #E85CBE

split-complementary

#E8CC5C #5CBEE8 #865CE8

monochromatic

#B19219 #E0BB26 #E8CC5C #F0DD92 #F7EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#E8CC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC5C

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC5C	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)

#DFC850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.134 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8e',
    500: '#e8cc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc5c;
$custom-light: #f2db8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84761,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC5C

secondary

#374FB1

accent

#36D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC5C

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

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