#E8CE68#E8CE68
#E8CE68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.125 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8CE68 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 206, 104) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 74%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 55%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 55.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.07, -3.30, 53.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.07, 53.43, 93.55°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.3% -0.0115 0.1249) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.3% 0.125 95.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.8509, 62.3005, 22.0720) |
| Luminance | 0.6230 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.84
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.97
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.25
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.62
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.03
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.22
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8CE68 #6882E8
analogous
#E88E68 #E8CE68 #C2E868
triadic
#E8CE68 #68E8CE #CE68E8
tetradic
#E8CE68 #68E88E #6882E8 #E868C2
square
#E8CE68 #68E88E #6882E8 #E868C2
split-complementary
#E8CE68 #68C2E8 #8E68E8
monochromatic
#B9991C #E0BD33 #E8CE68 #F0DF9D #F8F0D2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E8CE68 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.46
#E8CE68 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8CE68
13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8CE68 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8CE68 | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.46 | 13.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0CA5E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D26C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8C1B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8ce68; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 104); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.125 95.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2dc96',
500: '#e8ce68',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8ce68; $custom-light: #f2dc96; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8ce68",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 206,
"b": 104
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.813,
"s": 73.563,
"l": 65.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85299,
"c": 0.12546,
"h": 95.3
},
"luminance": 0.62298
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8CE68
secondary
#3B55B9
accent
#38D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F