#E8CD72#E8CD72

#E8CD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.115 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD72
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -1.97, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 48.43, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0066 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.115 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.1493, 62.0359, 24.8275)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD72 #728DE8

analogous

#E89272 #E8CD72 #C8E872

triadic

#E8CD72 #72E8CD #CD72E8

tetradic

#E8CD72 #72E892 #728DE8 #E872C8

square

#E8CD72 #72E892 #728DE8 #E872C8

split-complementary

#E8CD72 #72C8E8 #9272E8

monochromatic

#C09B1F #DFBA3D #E8CD72 #F1E0A7 #F9F2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#E8CD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD72

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD72	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.115 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc9c',
    500: '#e8cd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd72;
$custom-light: #f2dc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85225,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD72

secondary

#3F5CBF

accent

#3ED411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD72

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

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