#E8CE56#E8CE56

#E8CE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.141 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE56
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -4.56, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 61.41, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0173 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.141 97)
XYZ	xyz(57.0322, 61.9730, 17.7602)
Luminance	0.6197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE56 #5670E8

analogous

#E88556 #E8CE56 #B9E856

triadic

#E8CE56 #56E8CE #CE56E8

tetradic

#E8CE56 #56E885 #5670E8 #E856B9

square

#E8CE56 #56E885 #5670E8 #E856B9

split-complementary

#E8CE56 #56B9E8 #8556E8

monochromatic

#AC9217 #E1BE20 #E8CE56 #EFDE8C #F7EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#E8CE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE56

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE56	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)

#E1C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.141 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc8a',
    500: '#e8ce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce56;
$custom-light: #f3dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85106,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.6197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE56

secondary

#354AAD

accent

#31D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE56

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

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