#E8D16E#E8D16E

#E8D16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.122 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D16E
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 52.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.91, -4.36, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.91, 51.66, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.98% -0.0139 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(85.98% 0.122 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.8957, 63.8850, 23.9776)
Luminance	0.6388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D16E #6E85E8

analogous

#E8946E #E8D16E #C2E86E

triadic

#E8D16E #6EE8D1 #D16EE8

tetradic

#E8D16E #6EE894 #6E85E8 #E86EC2

square

#E8D16E #6EE894 #6E85E8 #E86EC2

split-complementary

#E8D16E #6EC2E8 #946EE8

monochromatic

#BE9F1E #E0C039 #E8D16E #F0E2A3 #F9F3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E8D16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#E8D16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D16E

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D16E	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.122 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de9a',
    500: '#e8d16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d16e;
$custom-light: #f2de9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 72.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85979,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D16E

secondary

#3E55BD

accent

#36D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D16E

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

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