#E8D15E#E8D15E

#E8D15E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D15E
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.74, -5.57, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.74, 58.93, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0192 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.1019, 63.5674, 19.7968)
Luminance	0.6357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D15E #5E75E8

analogous

#E88C5E #E8D15E #BAE85E

triadic

#E8D15E #5EE8D1 #D15EE8

tetradic

#E8D15E #5EE88C #5E75E8 #E85EBA

square

#E8D15E #5EE88C #5E75E8 #E85EBA

split-complementary

#E8D15E #5EBAE8 #8C5EE8

monochromatic

#B29919 #E0C228 #E8D15E #F0E094 #F7F0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#E8D15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D15E

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D15E	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de90',
    500: '#e8d15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d15e;
$custom-light: #f2de90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85795,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D15E

secondary

#384CB3

accent

#30D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D15E

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

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