#E8CD6A#E8CD6A

#E8CD6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.123 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD6A
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 106)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 54.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, -2.63, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 52.18, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% -0.0094 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.123 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.7137, 61.8617, 22.5334)
Luminance	0.6186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD6A #6A85E8

analogous

#E88E6A #E8CD6A #C4E86A

triadic

#E8CD6A #6AE8CD #CD6AE8

tetradic

#E8CD6A #6AE88E #6A85E8 #E86AC4

square

#E8CD6A #6AE88E #6A85E8 #E86AC4

split-complementary

#E8CD6A #6AC4E8 #8E6AE8

monochromatic

#BB991D #E0BB35 #E8CD6A #F0DF9F #F8F1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#E8CD6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD6A

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD6A	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)

#DFC961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.123 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc97',
    500: '#e8cd6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd6a;
$custom-light: #f2dc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85122,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD6A

secondary

#3C57BA

accent

#3AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD6A

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

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