#E8D171#E8D171

#E8D171 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.119 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D171
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 113)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 51.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -4.11, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 50.25, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0129 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.119 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.0618, 63.9514, 24.8524)
Luminance	0.6395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D171 #7188E8

analogous

#E89571 #E8D171 #C4E871

triadic

#E8D171 #71E8D1 #D171E8

tetradic

#E8D171 #71E895 #7188E8 #E871C4

square

#E8D171 #71E895 #7188E8 #E871C4

split-complementary

#E8D171 #71C4E8 #9571E8

monochromatic

#C0A11F #DFC03C #E8D171 #F1E2A6 #F9F3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E8D171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E8D171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D171

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D171	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)

#E2CD69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.119 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de9c',
    500: '#e8d171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d171;
$custom-light: #f2de9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86018,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D171

secondary

#3F57BF

accent

#37D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D171

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

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