#E8D164#E8D164

#E8D164 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.131 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D164
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 100)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 56.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -5.14, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 56.25, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.0173 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.131 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.3817, 63.6793, 21.2703)
Luminance	0.6368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D164 #647BE8

analogous

#E88F64 #E8D164 #BDE864

triadic

#E8D164 #64E8D1 #D164E8

tetradic

#E8D164 #64E88F #647BE8 #E864BD

square

#E8D164 #64E88F #647BE8 #E864BD

split-complementary

#E8D164 #64BDE8 #8F64E8

monochromatic

#B79B1B #E0C12F #E8D164 #F0E199 #F8F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#E8D164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D164

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D164	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.131 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de93',
    500: '#e8d164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d164;
$custom-light: #f2de93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 74.157,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8586,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D164

secondary

#3A4FB6

accent

#32D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D164

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

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