#E8CD62#E8CD62

#E8CD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.130 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD62
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -3.24, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 55.84, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.012 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.13 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.3170, 61.7029, 20.4437)
Luminance	0.6170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD62 #627DE8

analogous

#E88A62 #E8CD62 #C0E862

triadic

#E8CD62 #62E8CD #CD62E8

tetradic

#E8CD62 #62E88A #627DE8 #E862C0

square

#E8CD62 #62E88A #627DE8 #E862C0

split-complementary

#E8CD62 #62C0E8 #8A62E8

monochromatic

#B5961B #E0BC2D #E8CD62 #F0DE97 #F8EFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E8CD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD62

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD62	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)

#DFC957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.130 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc92',
    500: '#e8cd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd62;
$custom-light: #f2dc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85028,
    "c": 0.13005,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD62

secondary

#3952B5

accent

#37D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD62

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

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