#E8CD55#E8CD55

#E8CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.141 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD55
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -4.11, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 61.52, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0161 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.141 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.7522, 61.4771, 17.4695)
Luminance	0.6147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD55 #5570E8

analogous

#E88455 #E8CD55 #B9E855

triadic

#E8CD55 #55E8CD #CD55E8

tetradic

#E8CD55 #55E884 #5570E8 #E855B9

square

#E8CD55 #55E884 #5570E8 #E855B9

split-complementary

#E8CD55 #55B9E8 #8455E8

monochromatic

#AB9017 #E1BD1F #E8CD55 #EFDD8B #F7EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E8CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E8CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD55

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD55	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.141 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8a',
    500: '#e8cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd55;
$custom-light: #f3db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84893,
    "c": 0.14075,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD55

secondary

#354BAD

accent

#32D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD55

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

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