#E8D166#E8D166

#E8D166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.130 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D166
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 102)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 56%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -4.99, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 55.35, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0166 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.13 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.4796, 63.7185, 21.7863)
Luminance	0.6372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D166 #667DE8

analogous

#E89066 #E8D166 #BEE866

triadic

#E8D166 #66E8D1 #D166E8

tetradic

#E8D166 #66E890 #667DE8 #E866BE

square

#E8D166 #66E890 #667DE8 #E866BE

split-complementary

#E8D166 #66BEE8 #9066E8

monochromatic

#B89C1C #E0C131 #E8D166 #F0E19B #F8F1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#E8D166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D166

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D166	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)

#E3CC5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.130 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de95',
    500: '#e8d166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d166;
$custom-light: #f2de95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85883,
    "c": 0.12967,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D166

secondary

#3A51B8

accent

#33D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D166

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

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