#E8CD6D#E8CD6D

#E8CD6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.120 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD6D
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 53%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -2.39, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 50.78, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0083 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.12 94)
XYZ	xyz(57.8725, 61.9252, 23.3694)
Luminance	0.6192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD6D #6D88E8

analogous

#E8906D #E8CD6D #C6E86D

triadic

#E8CD6D #6DE8CD #CD6DE8

tetradic

#E8CD6D #6DE890 #6D88E8 #E86DC6

square

#E8CD6D #6DE890 #6D88E8 #E86DC6

split-complementary

#E8CD6D #6DC6E8 #906DE8

monochromatic

#BD9A1E #E0BB38 #E8CD6D #F0DFA2 #F9F1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#E8CD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD6D

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD6D	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)

#DECA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.120 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc99',
    500: '#e8cd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd6d;
$custom-light: #f2dc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8516,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.61923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD6D

secondary

#3D59BC

accent

#3CD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD6D

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

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