#E8D169#E8D169

#E8D169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.127 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D169
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 54.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -4.76, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 53.98, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0156 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.127 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.6311, 63.7791, 22.5841)
Luminance	0.6378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D169 #6980E8

analogous

#E89169 #E8D169 #BFE869

triadic

#E8D169 #69E8D1 #D169E8

tetradic

#E8D169 #69E891 #6980E8 #E869BF

square

#E8D169 #69E891 #6980E8 #E869BF

split-complementary

#E8D169 #69BFE8 #9169E8

monochromatic

#BA9E1D #E0C134 #E8D169 #F0E19E #F8F2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#E8D169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D169

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D169	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.127 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de97',
    500: '#e8d169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d169;
$custom-light: #f2de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85918,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D169

secondary

#3C52BA

accent

#34D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D169

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

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