#E8CC61#E8CC61

#E8CC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.130 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC61
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, -2.80, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 55.97, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0109 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.13 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0316, 61.2073, 20.1171)
Luminance	0.6120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC61 #617DE8

analogous

#E88961 #E8CC61 #C0E861

triadic

#E8CC61 #61E8CC #CC61E8

tetradic

#E8CC61 #61E889 #617DE8 #E861C0

square

#E8CC61 #61E889 #617DE8 #E861C0

split-complementary

#E8CC61 #61C0E8 #8961E8

monochromatic

#B4941A #E0BB2C #E8CC61 #F0DD96 #F8EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E8CC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC61

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC61	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.130 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db91',
    500: '#e8cc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc61;
$custom-light: #f2db91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84815,
    "c": 0.13017,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC61

secondary

#3952B5

accent

#38D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC61

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

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