#E8CD4D#E8CD4D

#E8CD4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.147 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD4D
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 66.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -4.58, 64.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 64.81, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0183 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.147 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4522, 61.3570, 15.8893)
Luminance	0.6135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD4D #4D68E8

analogous

#E87F4D #E8CD4D #B6E84D

triadic

#E8CD4D #4DE8CD #CD4DE8

tetradic

#E8CD4D #4DE87F #4D68E8 #E84DB6

square

#E8CD4D #4DE87F #4D68E8 #E84DB6

split-complementary

#E8CD4D #4DB6E8 #7F4DE8

monochromatic

#A58C15 #DBBA1C #E8CD4D #EFDC83 #F6EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E8CD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E8CD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD4D

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD4D	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.147 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db85',
    500: '#e8cd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd4d;
$custom-light: #f3db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.548,
    "s": 77.114,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84822,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD4D

secondary

#3246A7

accent

#30D90C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD4D

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

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