#E8D162#E8D162

#E8D162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D162
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -5.29, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 57.15, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0179 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.2860, 63.6411, 20.7667)
Luminance	0.6364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D162 #6279E8

analogous

#E88E62 #E8D162 #BCE862

triadic

#E8D162 #62E8D1 #D162E8

tetradic

#E8D162 #62E88E #6279E8 #E862BC

square

#E8D162 #62E88E #6279E8 #E862BC

split-complementary

#E8D162 #62BCE8 #8E62E8

monochromatic

#B59B1B #E0C12D #E8D162 #F0E197 #F8F0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#E8D162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D162

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D162	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de92',
    500: '#e8d162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d162;
$custom-light: #f2de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85838,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D162

secondary

#394EB5

accent

#31D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D162

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

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