#E8D05B#E8D05B

#E8D05B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.138 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D05B
RGB	rgb(232, 208, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -5.26, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 59.91, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.0187 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.138 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.7253, 63.0255, 19.0200)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D05B #5B73E8

analogous

#E8895B #E8D05B #B9E85B

triadic

#E8D05B #5BE8D0 #D05BE8

tetradic

#E8D05B #5BE889 #5B73E8 #E85BB9

square

#E8D05B #5BE889 #5B73E8 #E85BB9

split-complementary

#E8D05B #5BB9E8 #895BE8

monochromatic

#B09619 #E0C125 #E8D05B #F0DF91 #F7EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E8D05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#E8D05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D05B

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D05B	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 208, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.138 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de8e',
    500: '#e8d05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d05b;
$custom-light: #f2de8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85561,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D05B

secondary

#374BB1

accent

#30D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D05B

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

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