#E8CD56#E8CD56

#E8CD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.140 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD56
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.64, -4.05, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.64, 61.10, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0158 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.14 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.7923, 61.4931, 17.6802)
Luminance	0.6149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD56 #5671E8

analogous

#E88456 #E8CD56 #BAE856

triadic

#E8CD56 #56E8CD #CD56E8

tetradic

#E8CD56 #56E884 #5671E8 #E856BA

square

#E8CD56 #56E884 #5671E8 #E856BA

split-complementary

#E8CD56 #56BAE8 #8456E8

monochromatic

#AC9117 #E1BD20 #E8CD56 #EFDD8C #F7EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E8CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#E8CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD56

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD56	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.140 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8a',
    500: '#e8cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd56;
$custom-light: #f3db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84903,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD56

secondary

#354BAD

accent

#33D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD56

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

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