#E8D157#E8D157

#E8D157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D157
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -6.03, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 61.95, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0213 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.8019, 63.4475, 18.2169)
Luminance	0.6344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D157 #576EE8

analogous

#E88957 #E8D157 #B6E857

triadic

#E8D157 #57E8D1 #D157E8

tetradic

#E8D157 #57E889 #576EE8 #E857B6

square

#E8D157 #57E889 #576EE8 #E857B6

split-complementary

#E8D157 #57B6E8 #8957E8

monochromatic

#AD9518 #E1C221 #E8D157 #EFE08D #F7EEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#E8D157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D157

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D157	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8b',
    500: '#e8d157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d157;
$custom-light: #f3de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85725,
    "c": 0.1423,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D157

secondary

#3548AE

accent

#2ED80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D157

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

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