#E8CD74#E8CD74

#E8CD74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.113 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD74
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 116)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 50%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -1.80, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 47.48, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0058 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.113 93)
XYZ	xyz(58.2644, 62.0819, 25.4336)
Luminance	0.6208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD74 #748FE8

analogous

#E89374 #E8CD74 #C9E874

triadic

#E8CD74 #74E8CD #CD74E8

tetradic

#E8CD74 #74E893 #748FE8 #E874C9

square

#E8CD74 #74E893 #748FE8 #E874C9

split-complementary

#E8CD74 #74C9E8 #9374E8

monochromatic

#C29C20 #DFBA3F #E8CD74 #F1E0A9 #F9F3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#E8CD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD74

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD74	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.113 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc9e',
    500: '#e8cd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd74;
$custom-light: #f1dc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85252,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.62079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD74

secondary

#405EC0

accent

#3FD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD74

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

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