#E8D170#E8D170

#E8D170 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.120 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D170
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 112)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 51.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -4.19, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 50.72, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0132 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.12 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0058, 63.9290, 24.5575)
Luminance	0.6393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D170 #7087E8

analogous

#E89570 #E8D170 #C3E870

triadic

#E8D170 #70E8D1 #D170E8

tetradic

#E8D170 #70E895 #7087E8 #E870C3

square

#E8D170 #70E895 #7087E8 #E870C3

split-complementary

#E8D170 #70C3E8 #9570E8

monochromatic

#BFA01F #E0C03B #E8D170 #F0E2A5 #F9F3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E8D170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E8D170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D170

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D170	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.120 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de9b',
    500: '#e8d170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d170;
$custom-light: #f2de9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86005,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D170

secondary

#3E57BE

accent

#37D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D170

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

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