#E8D172#E8D172

#E8D172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.118 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D172
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -4.02, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 49.78, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% -0.0125 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.118 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.1184, 63.9741, 25.1505)
Luminance	0.6397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D172 #7289E8

analogous

#E89672 #E8D172 #C4E872

triadic

#E8D172 #72E8D1 #D172E8

tetradic

#E8D172 #72E896 #7289E8 #E872C4

square

#E8D172 #72E896 #7289E8 #E872C4

split-complementary

#E8D172 #72C4E8 #9672E8

monochromatic

#C0A11F #DFC03D #E8D172 #F1E2A7 #F9F3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E8D172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E8D172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D172

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D172	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)

#E2CD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.118 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de9d',
    500: '#e8d172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d172;
$custom-light: #f1de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86031,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D172

secondary

#3F58BF

accent

#37D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D172

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

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