#E8CC72#E8CC72

#E8CC72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.115 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC72
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -1.46, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 48.10, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0051 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.115 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.9109, 61.5590, 24.7480)
Luminance	0.6156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC72 #728EE8

analogous

#E89172 #E8CC72 #C9E872

triadic

#E8CC72 #72E8CC #CC72E8

tetradic

#E8CC72 #72E891 #728EE8 #E872C9

square

#E8CC72 #72E891 #728EE8 #E872C9

split-complementary

#E8CC72 #72C9E8 #9172E8

monochromatic

#C09A1F #DFB93D #E8CC72 #F1DFA7 #F9F2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E8CC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E8CC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC72

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC72	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.115 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db9c',
    500: '#e8cc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc72;
$custom-light: #f2db9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85024,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC72

secondary

#3F5DBF

accent

#40D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC72

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

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