#E8CE5A#E8CE5A

#E8CE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.138 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE5A
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -4.31, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 59.69, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.016 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.138 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.1979, 62.0393, 18.6328)
Luminance	0.6204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE5A #5A74E8

analogous

#E8875A #E8CE5A #BBE85A

triadic

#E8CE5A #5AE8CE #CE5AE8

tetradic

#E8CE5A #5AE887 #5A74E8 #E85ABB

square

#E8CE5A #5AE887 #5A74E8 #E85ABB

split-complementary

#E8CE5A #5ABBE8 #875AE8

monochromatic

#AF9418 #E1BE24 #E8CE5A #EFDE90 #F7EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#E8CE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE5A

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE5A	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.138 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8d',
    500: '#e8ce5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce5a;
$custom-light: #f2dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85145,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE5A

secondary

#364DB0

accent

#33D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE5A

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

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