#E8D165#E8D165

#E8D165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.131 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D165
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 56.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.81, -5.07, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.81, 55.80, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.017 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.131 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.4304, 63.6988, 21.5267)
Luminance	0.6370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D165 #657CE8

analogous

#E89065 #E8D165 #BDE865

triadic

#E8D165 #65E8D1 #D165E8

tetradic

#E8D165 #65E890 #657CE8 #E865BD

square

#E8D165 #65E890 #657CE8 #E865BD

split-complementary

#E8D165 #65BDE8 #9065E8

monochromatic

#B79C1B #E0C130 #E8D165 #F0E19A #F8F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#E8D165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D165

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D165	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)

#E3CC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.131 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de94',
    500: '#e8d165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d165;
$custom-light: #f2de94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85871,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D165

secondary

#3A50B7

accent

#32D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D165

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

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