#E8CD5D#E8CD5D

#E8CD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.134 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD5D
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, -3.59, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 58.07, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0136 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.134 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0882, 61.6115, 19.2390)
Luminance	0.6161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD5D #5D78E8

analogous

#E8875D #E8CD5D #BDE85D

triadic

#E8CD5D #5DE8CD #CD5DE8

tetradic

#E8CD5D #5DE887 #5D78E8 #E85DBD

square

#E8CD5D #5DE887 #5D78E8 #E85DBD

split-complementary

#E8CD5D #5DBDE8 #875DE8

monochromatic

#B19419 #E0BC27 #E8CD5D #F0DE93 #F7EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E8CD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#E8CD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD5D

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD5D	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.134 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc8f',
    500: '#e8cd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd5d;
$custom-light: #f2dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84973,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD5D

secondary

#374FB2

accent

#35D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD5D

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

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