#E8CF56#E8CF56

#E8CF56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.141 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CF56
RGB	rgb(232, 207, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -5.07, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 61.73, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.31% -0.0187 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(85.31% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.2737, 62.4560, 17.8407)
Luminance	0.6245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CF56 #566FE8

analogous

#E88656 #E8CF56 #B8E856

triadic

#E8CF56 #56E8CF #CF56E8

tetradic

#E8CF56 #56E886 #566FE8 #E856B8

square

#E8CF56 #56E886 #566FE8 #E856B8

split-complementary

#E8CF56 #56B8E8 #8656E8

monochromatic

#AC9317 #E1C020 #E8CF56 #EFDE8C #F7EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E8CF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#E8CF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CF56

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CF56	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 207, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.141 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dd8b',
    500: '#e8cf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cf56;
$custom-light: #f3dd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85309,
    "c": 0.1415,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CF56

secondary

#354AAD

accent

#30D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CF56

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

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