#E8CE5F#E8CE5F

#E8CE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.133 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE5F
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 59.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.98, -3.97, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.98, 57.50, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0145 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.133 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4179, 62.1273, 19.7916)
Luminance	0.6212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE5F #5F79E8

analogous

#E88A5F #E8CE5F #BEE85F

triadic

#E8CE5F #5FE8CE #CE5FE8

tetradic

#E8CE5F #5FE88A #5F79E8 #E85FBE

square

#E8CE5F #5FE88A #5F79E8 #E85FBE

split-complementary

#E8CE5F #5FBEE8 #8A5FE8

monochromatic

#B3961A #E0BE29 #E8CE5F #F0DE95 #F7EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E8CE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#E8CE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE5F

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE5F	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.133 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc90',
    500: '#e8ce5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce5f;
$custom-light: #f2dc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85197,
    "c": 0.13339,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE5F

secondary

#384FB3

accent

#35D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE5F

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

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