#E8CD5A#E8CD5A

#E8CD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.137 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD5A
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -3.80, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 59.38, 93.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% -0.0146 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.137 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9579, 61.5593, 18.5528)
Luminance	0.6156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD5A #5A75E8

analogous

#E8865A #E8CD5A #BCE85A

triadic

#E8CD5A #5AE8CD #CD5AE8

tetradic

#E8CD5A #5AE886 #5A75E8 #E85ABC

square

#E8CD5A #5AE886 #5A75E8 #E85ABC

split-complementary

#E8CD5A #5ABCE8 #865AE8

monochromatic

#AF9318 #E1BD24 #E8CD5A #EFDD90 #F7EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E8CD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E8CD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD5A

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD5A	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)

#E0C94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.137 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db8d',
    500: '#e8cd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd5a;
$custom-light: #f2db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84942,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD5A

secondary

#364DB0

accent

#34D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD5A

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

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