#E8CD69#E8CD69

#E8CD69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.124 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD69
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 105)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 54.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -2.71, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 52.64, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0097 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.124 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6620, 61.8410, 22.2611)
Luminance	0.6184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD69 #6984E8

analogous

#E88D69 #E8CD69 #C3E869

triadic

#E8CD69 #69E8CD #CD69E8

tetradic

#E8CD69 #69E88D #6984E8 #E869C3

square

#E8CD69 #69E88D #6984E8 #E869C3

split-complementary

#E8CD69 #69C3E8 #8D69E8

monochromatic

#BA991D #E0BB34 #E8CD69 #F0DF9E #F8F0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#E8CD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD69

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD69	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.124 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc96',
    500: '#e8cd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd69;
$custom-light: #f2dc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8511,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD69

secondary

#3C56BA

accent

#3AD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD69

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

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