#E8CD6F#E8CD6F

#E8CD6F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.118 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD6F
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 111)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 52.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -2.23, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 49.84, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0076 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.118 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.9814, 61.9687, 23.9429)
Luminance	0.6197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD6F #6F8AE8

analogous

#E8916F #E8CD6F #C6E86F

triadic

#E8CD6F #6FE8CD #CD6FE8

tetradic

#E8CD6F #6FE891 #6F8AE8 #E86FC6

square

#E8CD6F #6FE891 #6F8AE8 #E86FC6

split-complementary

#E8CD6F #6FC6E8 #916FE8

monochromatic

#BE9B1E #E0BB3A #E8CD6F #F0DFA4 #F9F2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#E8CD6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD6F

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD6F	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.118 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc9a',
    500: '#e8cd6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd6f;
$custom-light: #f2dc9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.612,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85185,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD6F

secondary

#3E5ABD

accent

#3DD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD6F

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

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