#E8D16A#E8D16A

#E8D16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.126 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D16A
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 106)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 54.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -4.68, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 53.52, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0153 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.126 97)
XYZ	xyz(58.6828, 63.7998, 22.8564)
Luminance	0.6380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D16A #6A81E8

analogous

#E8926A #E8D16A #C0E86A

triadic

#E8D16A #6AE8D1 #D16AE8

tetradic

#E8D16A #6AE892 #6A81E8 #E86AC0

square

#E8D16A #6AE892 #6A81E8 #E86AC0

split-complementary

#E8D16A #6AC0E8 #926AE8

monochromatic

#BB9E1D #E0C135 #E8D16A #F0E19F #F8F2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#E8D16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D16A

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D16A	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)

#E3CD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.126 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de97',
    500: '#e8d16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d16a;
$custom-light: #f2de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8593,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.63797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D16A

secondary

#3C53BA

accent

#34D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D16A

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

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