#E8CD70#E8CD70

#E8CD70 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.117 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD70
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 112)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 51.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.91, -2.14, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.91, 49.37, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0073 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.117 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.0367, 61.9909, 24.2345)
Luminance	0.6199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD70 #708BE8

analogous

#E89170 #E8CD70 #C7E870

triadic

#E8CD70 #70E8CD #CD70E8

tetradic

#E8CD70 #70E891 #708BE8 #E870C7

square

#E8CD70 #70E891 #708BE8 #E870C7

split-complementary

#E8CD70 #70C7E8 #9170E8

monochromatic

#BF9B1F #E0BB3B #E8CD70 #F0DFA5 #F9F2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#E8CD70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD70

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD70	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.117 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc9b',
    500: '#e8cd70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd70;
$custom-light: #f2dc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85198,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD70

secondary

#3E5BBE

accent

#3DD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD70

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

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