#E8CE5E#E8CE5E

#E8CE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.134 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE5E
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -4.04, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 57.94, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0148 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.134 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.3728, 62.1092, 19.5537)
Luminance	0.6211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE5E #5E78E8

analogous

#E8895E #E8CE5E #BDE85E

triadic

#E8CE5E #5EE8CE #CE5EE8

tetradic

#E8CE5E #5EE889 #5E78E8 #E85EBD

square

#E8CE5E #5EE889 #5E78E8 #E85EBD

split-complementary

#E8CE5E #5EBDE8 #895EE8

monochromatic

#B29519 #E0BE28 #E8CE5E #F0DE94 #F7EFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E8CE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#E8CE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE5E

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE5E	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	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)

#E1CA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.134 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8f',
    500: '#e8ce5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce5e;
$custom-light: #f2dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85186,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE5E

secondary

#384FB3

accent

#34D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE5E

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

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