#E8CD5B#E8CD5B

#E8CD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.136 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD5B
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, -3.73, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 58.94, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0143 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.136 96)
XYZ	xyz(57.0008, 61.5765, 18.7785)
Luminance	0.6157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD5B #5B76E8

analogous

#E8865B #E8CD5B #BCE85B

triadic

#E8CD5B #5BE8CD #CD5BE8

tetradic

#E8CD5B #5BE886 #5B76E8 #E85BBC

square

#E8CD5B #5BE886 #5B76E8 #E85BBC

split-complementary

#E8CD5B #5BBCE8 #865BE8

monochromatic

#B09319 #E0BD25 #E8CD5B #F0DD91 #F7EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E8CD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E8CD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD5B

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD5B	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.136 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8d',
    500: '#e8cd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd5b;
$custom-light: #f2dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84953,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.61574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD5B

secondary

#374EB1

accent

#35D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD5B

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

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