#E8CE5C#E8CE5C

#E8CE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.136 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE5C
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, -4.17, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 58.82, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0154 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.2842, 62.0738, 19.0872)
Luminance	0.6207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE5C #5C76E8

analogous

#E8885C #E8CE5C #BCE85C

triadic

#E8CE5C #5CE8CE #CE5CE8

tetradic

#E8CE5C #5CE888 #5C76E8 #E85CBC

square

#E8CE5C #5CE888 #5C76E8 #E85CBC

split-complementary

#E8CE5C #5CBCE8 #885CE8

monochromatic

#B19419 #E0BE26 #E8CE5C #F0DE92 #F7EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#E8CE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE5C

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE5C	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)

#E1CA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8e',
    500: '#e8ce5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce5c;
$custom-light: #f2dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85165,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE5C

secondary

#374EB1

accent

#33D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE5C

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

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