#E8CD68#E8CD68

#E8CD68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.125 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD68
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 104)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 55.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -2.79, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 53.10, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.0101 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.125 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.6110, 61.8205, 21.9920)
Luminance	0.6182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD68 #6883E8

analogous

#E88D68 #E8CD68 #C3E868

triadic

#E8CD68 #68E8CD #CD68E8

tetradic

#E8CD68 #68E88D #6883E8 #E868C3

square

#E8CD68 #68E88D #6883E8 #E868C3

split-complementary

#E8CD68 #68C3E8 #8D68E8

monochromatic

#B9981C #E0BB33 #E8CD68 #F0DF9D #F8F0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E8CD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD68

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD68	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)

#DFC95E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.125 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc96',
    500: '#e8cd68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd68;
$custom-light: #f2dc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85098,
    "c": 0.1247,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD68

secondary

#3B56B9

accent

#3AD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD68

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

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