#E8CC66#E8CC66

#E8CC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.126 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC66
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 102)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 56%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.54, -2.43, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.54, 53.70, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0092 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.126 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.2721, 61.3035, 21.3838)
Luminance	0.6130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC66 #6682E8

analogous

#E88B66 #E8CC66 #C3E866

triadic

#E8CC66 #66E8CC #CC66E8

tetradic

#E8CC66 #66E88B #6682E8 #E866C3

square

#E8CC66 #66E88B #6682E8 #E866C3

split-complementary

#E8CC66 #66C3E8 #8B66E8

monochromatic

#B8961C #E0BA31 #E8CC66 #F0DE9B #F8EFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E8CC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E8CC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC66

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC66	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.126 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db94',
    500: '#e8cc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc66;
$custom-light: #f2db94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84872,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC66

secondary

#3A55B8

accent

#3AD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC66

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

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