#E8CD63#E8CD63

#E8CD63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.129 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD63
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 99)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 57.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -3.17, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 55.39, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0117 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.129 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.3645, 61.7220, 20.6939)
Luminance	0.6172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD63 #637EE8

analogous

#E88B63 #E8CD63 #C0E863

triadic

#E8CD63 #63E8CD #CD63E8

tetradic

#E8CD63 #63E88B #637EE8 #E863C0

square

#E8CD63 #63E88B #637EE8 #E863C0

split-complementary

#E8CD63 #63C0E8 #8B63E8

monochromatic

#B6961B #E0BC2E #E8CD63 #F0DE98 #F8EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E8CD63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD63

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD63	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)

#DFC959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.129 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc93',
    500: '#e8cd63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd63;
$custom-light: #f2dc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85039,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD63

secondary

#3953B6

accent

#38D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD63

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

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