#E8CD61#E8CD61

#E8CD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.131 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD61
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, -3.31, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 56.29, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0124 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.131 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2700, 61.6842, 20.1966)
Luminance	0.6168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD61 #617CE8

analogous

#E88A61 #E8CD61 #C0E861

triadic

#E8CD61 #61E8CD #CD61E8

tetradic

#E8CD61 #61E88A #617CE8 #E861C0

square

#E8CD61 #61E88A #617CE8 #E861C0

split-complementary

#E8CD61 #61C0E8 #8A61E8

monochromatic

#B4961A #E0BC2C #E8CD61 #F0DE96 #F8EFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E8CD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD61

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD61	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)

#DFC956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.131 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc91',
    500: '#e8cd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd61;
$custom-light: #f2dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85017,
    "c": 0.13092,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD61

secondary

#3951B5

accent

#37D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD61

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

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