#E8CC5D#E8CC5D

#E8CC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.134 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC5D
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.45, -3.08, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.45, 57.75, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0122 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.134 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.8498, 61.1346, 19.1595)
Luminance	0.6113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC5D #5D79E8

analogous

#E8865D #E8CC5D #BEE85D

triadic

#E8CC5D #5DE8CC #CC5DE8

tetradic

#E8CC5D #5DE886 #5D79E8 #E85DBE

square

#E8CC5D #5DE886 #5D79E8 #E85DBE

split-complementary

#E8CC5D #5DBEE8 #865DE8

monochromatic

#B19319 #E0BB27 #E8CC5D #F0DD93 #F7EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#E8CC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC5D

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC5D	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.134 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8f',
    500: '#e8cc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc5d;
$custom-light: #f2db8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84771,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC5D

secondary

#3750B2

accent

#37D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC5D

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

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