#E8CD73#E8CD73

#E8CD73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.114 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD73
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 50.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -1.88, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 47.95, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% -0.0062 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.114 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2066, 62.0588, 25.1289)
Luminance	0.6206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD73 #738EE8

analogous

#E89273 #E8CD73 #C8E873

triadic

#E8CD73 #73E8CD #CD73E8

tetradic

#E8CD73 #73E892 #738EE8 #E873C8

square

#E8CD73 #73E892 #738EE8 #E873C8

split-complementary

#E8CD73 #73C8E8 #9273E8

monochromatic

#C19C20 #DFBA3E #E8CD73 #F1E0A8 #F9F3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#E8CD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD73

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD73	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)

#DECA6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.114 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc9d',
    500: '#e8cd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd73;
$custom-light: #f1dc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85239,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD73

secondary

#405DC0

accent

#3ED412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD73

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

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