#E8D16B#E8D16B

#E8D16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.125 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D16B
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 107)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 53.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.87, -4.60, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.87, 53.06, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.94% -0.0149 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(85.94% 0.125 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.7351, 63.8207, 23.1319)
Luminance	0.6382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D16B #6B82E8

analogous

#E8936B #E8D16B #C1E86B

triadic

#E8D16B #6BE8D1 #D16BE8

tetradic

#E8D16B #6BE893 #6B82E8 #E86BC1

square

#E8D16B #6BE893 #6B82E8 #E86BC1

split-complementary

#E8D16B #6BC1E8 #936BE8

monochromatic

#BB9E1D #E0C136 #E8D16B #F0E1A0 #F8F2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#E8D16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D16B

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D16B	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)

#E2CD62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.125 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de98',
    500: '#e8d16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d16b;
$custom-light: #f2de98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85942,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D16B

secondary

#3C54BB

accent

#35D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D16B

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

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