#E8CD76#E8CD76
#E8CD76 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.111 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8CD76 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 205, 118) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 71%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 49%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 49.1%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.98, -1.62, 46.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.98, 46.52, 91.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.28% -0.0051 0.1112) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.28% 0.111 92.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.3820, 62.1290, 26.0529) |
| Luminance | 0.6213 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.23
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.37
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.96
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.69
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.21
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8CD76 #7691E8
analogous
#E89476 #E8CD76 #CAE876
triadic
#E8CD76 #76E8CD #CD76E8
tetradic
#E8CD76 #76E894 #7691E8 #E876CA
square
#E8CD76 #76E894 #7691E8 #E876CA
split-complementary
#E8CD76 #76CAE8 #9476E8
monochromatic
#C39C21 #DFBA42 #E8CD76 #F1E0AA #FAF3DF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E8CD76 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.43
#E8CD76 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8CD76
13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8CD76 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8CD76 | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.43 | 13.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DECA6F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D279
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C1B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8cd76; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 118); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.111 92.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1dc9f',
500: '#e8cd76',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8cd76; $custom-light: #f1dc9f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8cd76",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 205,
"b": 118
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.789,
"s": 71.25,
"l": 68.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8528,
"c": 0.11132,
"h": 92.6
},
"luminance": 0.62126
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8CD76
secondary
#4260C0
accent
#40D312
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17150F
muted
#858480