#E8CE6A#E8CE6A

#E8CE6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.124 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE6A
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 54.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -3.15, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 52.51, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0109 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.124 95)
XYZ	xyz(57.9537, 62.3416, 22.6133)
Luminance	0.6234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE6A #6A84E8

analogous

#E88F6A #E8CE6A #C3E86A

triadic

#E8CE6A #6AE8CE #CE6AE8

tetradic

#E8CE6A #6AE88F #6A84E8 #E86AC3

square

#E8CE6A #6AE88F #6A84E8 #E86AC3

split-complementary

#E8CE6A #6AC3E8 #8F6AE8

monochromatic

#BB9A1D #E0BD35 #E8CE6A #F0DF9F #F8F1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E8CE6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#E8CE6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE6A

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE6A	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.124 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc97',
    500: '#e8ce6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce6a;
$custom-light: #f2dc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85323,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.62339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE6A

secondary

#3C56BA

accent

#39D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE6A

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

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