#E8CE57#E8CE57

#E8CE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.140 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE57
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.91, -4.50, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.91, 60.98, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% -0.0169 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.14 97)
XYZ	xyz(57.0728, 61.9892, 17.9739)
Luminance	0.6199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE57 #5771E8

analogous

#E88557 #E8CE57 #BAE857

triadic

#E8CE57 #57E8CE #CE57E8

tetradic

#E8CE57 #57E885 #5771E8 #E857BA

square

#E8CE57 #57E885 #5771E8 #E857BA

split-complementary

#E8CE57 #57BAE8 #8557E8

monochromatic

#AD9218 #E1BE21 #E8CE57 #EFDE8D #F7EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#E8CE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE57

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE57	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.140 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc8b',
    500: '#e8ce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce57;
$custom-light: #f3dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85115,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.61987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE57

secondary

#354BAE

accent

#32D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE57

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

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