#E8CD66#E8CD66

#E8CD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.127 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD66
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 102)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 56%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, -2.94, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 54.02, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.0107 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.127 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.5106, 61.7804, 21.4633)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD66 #6681E8

analogous

#E88C66 #E8CD66 #C2E866

triadic

#E8CD66 #66E8CD #CD66E8

tetradic

#E8CD66 #66E88C #6681E8 #E866C2

square

#E8CD66 #66E88C #6681E8 #E866C2

split-complementary

#E8CD66 #66C2E8 #8C66E8

monochromatic

#B8971C #E0BC31 #E8CD66 #F0DE9B #F8F0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E8CD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD66

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD66	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.127 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc94',
    500: '#e8cd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd66;
$custom-light: #f2dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85074,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD66

secondary

#3A54B8

accent

#39D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD66

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

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