#E8CE5B#E8CE5B

#E8CE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.137 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE5B
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -4.24, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 59.26, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0157 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.137 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.2408, 62.0564, 18.8585)
Luminance	0.6205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE5B #5B75E8

analogous

#E8875B #E8CE5B #BBE85B

triadic

#E8CE5B #5BE8CE #CE5BE8

tetradic

#E8CE5B #5BE887 #5B75E8 #E85BBB

square

#E8CE5B #5BE887 #5B75E8 #E85BBB

split-complementary

#E8CE5B #5BBBE8 #875BE8

monochromatic

#B09419 #E0BE25 #E8CE5B #F0DE91 #F7EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#E8CE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE5B

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE5B	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)

#E1CA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.137 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8e',
    500: '#e8ce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce5b;
$custom-light: #f2dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85155,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE5B

secondary

#374DB1

accent

#33D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE5B

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

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