#E8CD79#E8CD79

#E8CD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.108 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD79
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -1.35, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 45.08, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.004 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.108 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.5631, 62.2014, 27.0067)
Luminance	0.6220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD79 #7994E8

analogous

#E89679 #E8CD79 #CCE879

triadic

#E8CD79 #79E8CD #CD79E8

tetradic

#E8CD79 #79E896 #7994E8 #E879CC

square

#E8CD79 #79E896 #7994E8 #E879CC

split-complementary

#E8CD79 #79CCE8 #9679E8

monochromatic

#C59D22 #DFBA45 #E8CD79 #F1E0AD #FAF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E8CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#E8CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD79

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD79	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.108 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dca1',
    500: '#e8cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd79;
$custom-light: #f1dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85323,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD79

secondary

#4563C0

accent

#41D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD79

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

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