#E8CE55#E8CE55

#E8CE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.142 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE55
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -4.62, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 61.83, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.0175 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.142 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9922, 61.9570, 17.5495)
Luminance	0.6195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE55 #556FE8

analogous

#E88555 #E8CE55 #B8E855

triadic

#E8CE55 #55E8CE #CE55E8

tetradic

#E8CE55 #55E885 #556FE8 #E855B8

square

#E8CE55 #55E885 #556FE8 #E855B8

split-complementary

#E8CE55 #55B8E8 #8555E8

monochromatic

#AB9117 #E1BE1F #E8CE55 #EFDE8B #F7EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#E8CE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE55

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE55	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.142 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc8a',
    500: '#e8ce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce55;
$custom-light: #f3dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85096,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE55

secondary

#354AAD

accent

#31D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE55

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

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