#E8D15B#E8D15B

#E8D15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D15B
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -5.77, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 60.23, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.0201 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.9699, 63.5146, 19.1015)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D15B #5B72E8

analogous

#E88A5B #E8D15B #B8E85B

triadic

#E8D15B #5BE8D1 #D15BE8

tetradic

#E8D15B #5BE88A #5B72E8 #E85BB8

square

#E8D15B #5BE88A #5B72E8 #E85BB8

split-complementary

#E8D15B #5BB8E8 #8A5BE8

monochromatic

#B09719 #E0C225 #E8D15B #F0E091 #F7EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#E8D15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D15B

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D15B	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de8e',
    500: '#e8d15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d15b;
$custom-light: #f2de8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85764,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D15B

secondary

#374AB1

accent

#2FD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D15B

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

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