#E8CE61#E8CE61

#E8CE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.132 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE61
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -3.83, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 56.61, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.0138 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.132 96)
XYZ	xyz(57.5100, 62.1641, 20.2765)
Luminance	0.6216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE61 #617BE8

analogous

#E88A61 #E8CE61 #BFE861

triadic

#E8CE61 #61E8CE #CE61E8

tetradic

#E8CE61 #61E88A #617BE8 #E861BF

square

#E8CE61 #61E88A #617BE8 #E861BF

split-complementary

#E8CE61 #61BFE8 #8A61E8

monochromatic

#B4971A #E0BD2C #E8CE61 #F0DF96 #F8EFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E8CE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#E8CE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE61

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE61	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)

#E0CA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.132 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc91',
    500: '#e8ce61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce61;
$custom-light: #f2dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85219,
    "c": 0.13168,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.62161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE61

secondary

#3951B5

accent

#35D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE61

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

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