#E8CD6B#E8CD6B

#E8CD6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.122 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD6B
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 107)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 53.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -2.55, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 51.72, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.009 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.122 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.7660, 61.8826, 22.8088)
Luminance	0.6188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD6B #6B86E8

analogous

#E88F6B #E8CD6B #C5E86B

triadic

#E8CD6B #6BE8CD #CD6BE8

tetradic

#E8CD6B #6BE88F #6B86E8 #E86BC5

square

#E8CD6B #6BE88F #6B86E8 #E86BC5

split-complementary

#E8CD6B #6BC5E8 #8F6BE8

monochromatic

#BB991D #E0BB36 #E8CD6B #F0DFA0 #F8F1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#E8CD6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD6B

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD6B	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.122 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc98',
    500: '#e8cd6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd6b;
$custom-light: #f2dc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85134,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD6B

secondary

#3C58BB

accent

#3BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD6B

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

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