#E8CC78#E8CC78

#E8CC78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.109 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC78
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 120)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 48.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, -0.92, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 45.24, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0029 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.109 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.2637, 61.7001, 26.6060)
Luminance	0.6170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC78 #7894E8

analogous

#E89478 #E8CC78 #CCE878

triadic

#E8CC78 #78E8CC #CC78E8

tetradic

#E8CC78 #78E894 #7894E8 #E878CC

square

#E8CC78 #78E894 #7894E8 #E878CC

split-complementary

#E8CC78 #78CCE8 #9478E8

monochromatic

#C49B21 #DFB844 #E8CC78 #F1E0AC #FAF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E8CC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC78

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC78	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.109 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dba0',
    500: '#e8cc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc78;
$custom-light: #f1dba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85108,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC78

secondary

#4463C0

accent

#43D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC78

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

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