#E8CD5C#E8CD5C

#E8CD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.135 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD5C
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -3.66, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 58.51, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.014 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.135 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.0442, 61.5939, 19.0072)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD5C #5C77E8

analogous

#E8875C #E8CD5C #BDE85C

triadic

#E8CD5C #5CE8CD #CD5CE8

tetradic

#E8CD5C #5CE887 #5C77E8 #E85CBD

square

#E8CD5C #5CE887 #5C77E8 #E85CBD

split-complementary

#E8CD5C #5CBDE8 #875CE8

monochromatic

#B19319 #E0BD26 #E8CD5C #F0DD92 #F7EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E8CD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#E8CD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD5C

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD5C	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.135 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8e',
    500: '#e8cd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd5c;
$custom-light: #f2dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84963,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD5C

secondary

#374FB1

accent

#35D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD5C

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

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