#E8CC6E#E8CC6E

#E8CC6E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.118 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC6E
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 110)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 52.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -1.80, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 49.99, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0065 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.118 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.6882, 61.4699, 23.5750)
Luminance	0.6147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC6E #6E8AE8

analogous

#E88F6E #E8CC6E #C7E86E

triadic

#E8CC6E #6EE8CC #CC6EE8

tetradic

#E8CC6E #6EE88F #6E8AE8 #E86EC7

square

#E8CC6E #6EE88F #6E8AE8 #E86EC7

split-complementary

#E8CC6E #6EC7E8 #8F6EE8

monochromatic

#BE991E #E0B939 #E8CC6E #F0DFA3 #F9F1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E8CC6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E8CC6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC6E

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC6E	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC966

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.118 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db9a',
    500: '#e8cc6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc6e;
$custom-light: #f2db9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 72.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84971,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC6E

secondary

#3E5BBD

accent

#3ED511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC6E

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

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