#E8CC62#E8CC62

#E8CC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.129 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC62
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -2.73, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 55.52, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.0106 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.129 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0785, 61.2261, 20.3642)
Luminance	0.6122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC62 #627EE8

analogous

#E88962 #E8CC62 #C1E862

triadic

#E8CC62 #62E8CC #CC62E8

tetradic

#E8CC62 #62E889 #627EE8 #E862C1

square

#E8CC62 #62E889 #627EE8 #E862C1

split-complementary

#E8CC62 #62C1E8 #8962E8

monochromatic

#B5951B #E0BB2D #E8CC62 #F0DD97 #F8EFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E8CC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC62

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC62	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)

#DEC857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.129 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db92',
    500: '#e8cc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc62;
$custom-light: #f2db92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84826,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC62

secondary

#3953B5

accent

#39D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC62

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

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