#E8CC6C#E8CC6C
#E8CC6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.120 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8CC6C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 204, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 53.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.61, -1.96, 50.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.61, 50.93, 92.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.95% -0.0072 0.12) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.95% 0.12 93.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.5805, 61.4269, 23.0080) |
| Luminance | 0.6142 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.10
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.39
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.70
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.01
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.06
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8CC6C #6C88E8
analogous
#E88E6C #E8CC6C #C6E86C
triadic
#E8CC6C #6CE8CC #CC6CE8
tetradic
#E8CC6C #6CE88E #6C88E8 #E86CC6
square
#E8CC6C #6CE88E #6C88E8 #E86CC6
split-complementary
#E8CC6C #6CC6E8 #8E6CE8
monochromatic
#BC981D #E0BA37 #E8CC6C #F0DEA1 #F9F1D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.58
#E8CC6C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.28
#E8CC6C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8CC6C
13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8CC6C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8CC6C | 1.00 | 1.58 | 13.28 | 13.28 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC963
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D170
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BFB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8cc6c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.120 93.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2db98',
500: '#e8cc6c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8cc6c; $custom-light: #f2db98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8cc6c",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 204,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.452,
"s": 72.941,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84946,
"c": 0.12024,
"h": 93.4
},
"luminance": 0.61424
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8CC6C
secondary
#3D59BB
accent
#3DD510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F