#E8D161#E8D161

#E8D161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D161
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -5.36, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 57.60, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0183 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.2391, 63.6223, 20.5196)
Luminance	0.6362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D161 #6178E8

analogous

#E88E61 #E8D161 #BBE861

triadic

#E8D161 #61E8D1 #D161E8

tetradic

#E8D161 #61E88E #6178E8 #E861BB

square

#E8D161 #61E88E #6178E8 #E861BB

split-complementary

#E8D161 #61BBE8 #8E61E8

monochromatic

#B49A1A #E0C12C #E8D161 #F0E196 #F8F0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#E8D161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D161

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D161	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de91',
    500: '#e8d161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d161;
$custom-light: #f2de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85827,
    "c": 0.13407,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D161

secondary

#394EB5

accent

#31D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D161

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

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