#E8CD6C#E8CD6C

#E8CD6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.121 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD6C
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 108)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 53.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.86, -2.47, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.86, 51.25, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0087 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.121 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.8190, 61.9037, 23.0875)
Luminance	0.6190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD6C #6C87E8

analogous

#E88F6C #E8CD6C #C5E86C

triadic

#E8CD6C #6CE8CD #CD6CE8

tetradic

#E8CD6C #6CE88F #6C87E8 #E86CC5

square

#E8CD6C #6CE88F #6C87E8 #E86CC5

split-complementary

#E8CD6C #6CC5E8 #8F6CE8

monochromatic

#BC9A1D #E0BB37 #E8CD6C #F0DFA1 #F9F1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#E8CD6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD6C

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD6C	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)

#DFC963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.121 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc98',
    500: '#e8cd6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd6c;
$custom-light: #f2dc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85147,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD6C

secondary

#3D58BB

accent

#3BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD6C

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

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