#E8D06E#E8D06E
#E8D06E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.121 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D06E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 208, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 52.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.65, -3.85, 51.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.65, 51.32, 94.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.78% -0.0124 0.1208) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.78% 0.121 95.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.6511, 63.3958, 23.8960) |
| Luminance | 0.6339 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.34
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.51
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.70
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.71
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.26
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D06E #6E86E8
analogous
#E8936E #E8D06E #C3E86E
triadic
#E8D06E #6EE8D0 #D06EE8
tetradic
#E8D06E #6EE893 #6E86E8 #E86EC3
square
#E8D06E #6EE893 #6E86E8 #E86EC3
split-complementary
#E8D06E #6EC3E8 #936EE8
monochromatic
#BE9E1E #E0BF39 #E8D06E #F0E1A3 #F9F2D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.54
#E8D06E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.68
#E8D06E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D06E
13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D06E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D06E | 1.00 | 1.54 | 13.68 | 13.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CC65
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D472
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8C3B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d06e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 208, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.121 95.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2de9a',
500: '#e8d06e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d06e; $custom-light: #f2de9a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d06e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 208,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.197,
"s": 72.619,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85777,
"c": 0.12147,
"h": 95.9
},
"luminance": 0.63393
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D06E
secondary
#3E57BD
accent
#37D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F