#E8D167#E8D167
#E8D167 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.129 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D167 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 209, 103) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 74%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 56%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 55.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.83, -4.91, 54.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.83, 54.89, 95.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.89% -0.0163 0.1277) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.89% 0.129 97.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.5295, 63.7385, 22.0491) |
| Luminance | 0.6374 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.61
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.38
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.60
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.78
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.91
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D167 #677EE8
analogous
#E89067 #E8D167 #BFE867
triadic
#E8D167 #67E8D1 #D167E8
tetradic
#E8D167 #67E890 #677EE8 #E867BF
square
#E8D167 #67E890 #677EE8 #E867BF
split-complementary
#E8D167 #67BFE8 #9067E8
monochromatic
#B99D1C #E0C132 #E8D167 #F0E19C #F8F1D1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.53
#E8D167 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.75
#E8D167 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D167
13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D167 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D167 | 1.00 | 1.53 | 13.75 | 13.75 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.53 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CD5D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D46C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8C4B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d167; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 103); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.129 97.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2de95',
500: '#e8d167',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d167; $custom-light: #f2de95; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d167",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 209,
"b": 103
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.302,
"s": 73.714,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85894,
"c": 0.12878,
"h": 97.3
},
"luminance": 0.63736
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D167
secondary
#3B51B8
accent
#33D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F