#E8CD7C#E8CD7C

#E8CD7C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.105 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD7C
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 124)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 46.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -1.06, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 43.64, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0029 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.105 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.7500, 62.2761, 27.9907)
Luminance	0.6227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD7C #7C97E8

analogous

#E8977C #E8CD7C #CDE87C

triadic

#E8CD7C #7CE8CD #CD7CE8

tetradic

#E8CD7C #7CE897 #7C97E8 #E87CCD

square

#E8CD7C #7CE897 #7C97E8 #E87CCD

split-complementary

#E8CD7C #7CCDE8 #977CE8

monochromatic

#C79E23 #DFB948 #E8CD7C #F1E1B0 #FAF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E8CD7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#E8CD7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD7C

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD7C	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCA76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.105 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dca3',
    500: '#e8cd7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd7c;
$custom-light: #f1dca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 70.13,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85367,
    "c": 0.10526,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD7C

secondary

#4866C0

accent

#43D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD7C

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

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