#E8CE62#E8CE62

#E8CE62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.131 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE62
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -3.75, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 56.16, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0135 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.131 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.5569, 62.1829, 20.5237)
Luminance	0.6218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE62 #627CE8

analogous

#E88B62 #E8CE62 #BFE862

triadic

#E8CE62 #62E8CE #CE62E8

tetradic

#E8CE62 #62E88B #627CE8 #E862BF

square

#E8CE62 #62E88B #627CE8 #E862BF

split-complementary

#E8CE62 #62BFE8 #8B62E8

monochromatic

#B5971B #E0BD2D #E8CE62 #F0DF97 #F8EFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E8CE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#E8CE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE62

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE62	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.131 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc92',
    500: '#e8ce62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce62;
$custom-light: #f2dc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8523,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE62

secondary

#3951B5

accent

#36D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE62

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

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