#E8CC5E#E8CC5E

#E8CC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.133 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC5E
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.46, -3.01, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.46, 57.31, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0119 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.133 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8944, 61.1524, 19.3943)
Luminance	0.6115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC5E #5E7AE8

analogous

#E8875E #E8CC5E #BFE85E

triadic

#E8CC5E #5EE8CC #CC5EE8

tetradic

#E8CC5E #5EE887 #5E7AE8 #E85EBF

square

#E8CC5E #5EE887 #5E7AE8 #E85EBF

split-complementary

#E8CC5E #5EBFE8 #875EE8

monochromatic

#B29319 #E0BB28 #E8CC5E #F0DD94 #F7EEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#E8CC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC5E

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC5E	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)

#DFC853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.133 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8f',
    500: '#e8cc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc5e;
$custom-light: #f2db8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84782,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC5E

secondary

#3851B3

accent

#37D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC5E

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

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