#E8CD65#E8CD65

#E8CD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.127 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD65
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 56.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -3.02, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 54.48, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0111 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.127 95)
XYZ	xyz(57.4613, 61.7607, 21.2037)
Luminance	0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD65 #6580E8

analogous

#E88C65 #E8CD65 #C1E865

triadic

#E8CD65 #65E8CD #CD65E8

tetradic

#E8CD65 #65E88C #6580E8 #E865C1

square

#E8CD65 #65E88C #6580E8 #E865C1

split-complementary

#E8CD65 #65C1E8 #8C65E8

monochromatic

#B7971B #E0BC30 #E8CD65 #F0DE9A #F8F0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E8CD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD65

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD65	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.127 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc94',
    500: '#e8cd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd65;
$custom-light: #f2dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85062,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.61758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD65

secondary

#3A54B7

accent

#38D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD65

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

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