#E8CE46#E8CE46

#E8CE46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.152 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE46
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 69.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -5.46, 67.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 67.84, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0216 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.152 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4582, 61.7434, 14.7370)
Luminance	0.6174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE46 #4660E8

analogous

#E87D46 #E8CE46 #B1E846

triadic

#E8CE46 #46E8CE #CE46E8

tetradic

#E8CE46 #46E87D #4660E8 #E846B1

square

#E8CE46 #46E87D #4660E8 #E846B1

split-complementary

#E8CE46 #46B1E8 #7D46E8

monochromatic

#A08914 #D6B81B #E8CE46 #EFDC7C #F6EBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E8CE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE46

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE46	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.152 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc81',
    500: '#e8ce46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce46;
$custom-light: #f3dc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.37,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8497,
    "c": 0.15217,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE46

secondary

#3042A2

accent

#52F433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE46

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

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