#E8CE5D#E8CE5D

#E8CE5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.135 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE5D
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -4.11, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 58.38, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0151 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.135 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.3282, 62.0914, 19.3190)
Luminance	0.6209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE5D #5D77E8

analogous

#E8885D #E8CE5D #BCE85D

triadic

#E8CE5D #5DE8CE #CE5DE8

tetradic

#E8CE5D #5DE888 #5D77E8 #E85DBC

square

#E8CE5D #5DE888 #5D77E8 #E85DBC

split-complementary

#E8CE5D #5DBCE8 #885DE8

monochromatic

#B19519 #E0BE27 #E8CE5D #F0DE93 #F7EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#E8CE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE5D

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE5D	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.135 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8f',
    500: '#e8ce5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce5d;
$custom-light: #f2dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85176,
    "c": 0.13508,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE5D

secondary

#374EB2

accent

#34D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE5D

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

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