#E8D168#E8D168

#E8D168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.128 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D168
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 55.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -4.84, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 54.44, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.016 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.128 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5800, 63.7587, 22.3150)
Luminance	0.6376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D168 #687FE8

analogous

#E89168 #E8D168 #BFE868

triadic

#E8D168 #68E8D1 #D168E8

tetradic

#E8D168 #68E891 #687FE8 #E868BF

square

#E8D168 #68E891 #687FE8 #E868BF

split-complementary

#E8D168 #68BFE8 #9168E8

monochromatic

#B99D1C #E0C133 #E8D168 #F0E19D #F8F1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#E8D168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D168

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D168	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)

#E3CD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D46D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.128 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de96',
    500: '#e8d168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d168;
$custom-light: #f2de96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85906,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D168

secondary

#3B52B9

accent

#33D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D168

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

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