#E8D16C#E8D16C

#E8D16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.124 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D16C
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 108)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 53.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.88, -4.52, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.88, 52.59, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0146 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.124 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.7880, 63.8419, 23.4105)
Luminance	0.6384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D16C #6C83E8

analogous

#E8936C #E8D16C #C1E86C

triadic

#E8D16C #6CE8D1 #D16CE8

tetradic

#E8D16C #6CE893 #6C83E8 #E86CC1

square

#E8D16C #6CE893 #6C83E8 #E86CC1

split-complementary

#E8D16C #6CC1E8 #936CE8

monochromatic

#BC9F1D #E0C037 #E8D16C #F0E2A1 #F9F2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#E8D16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D16C

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D16C	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.124 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de99',
    500: '#e8d16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d16c;
$custom-light: #f2de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85954,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D16C

secondary

#3D54BB

accent

#35D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D16C

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

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