#E8D174#E8D174

#E8D174 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.116 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D174
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 50%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -3.85, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 48.83, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.0118 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.116 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.2335, 64.0201, 25.7566)
Luminance	0.6402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D174 #748BE8

analogous

#E89774 #E8D174 #C5E874

triadic

#E8D174 #74E8D1 #D174E8

tetradic

#E8D174 #74E897 #748BE8 #E874C5

square

#E8D174 #74E897 #748BE8 #E874C5

split-complementary

#E8D174 #74C5E8 #9774E8

monochromatic

#C2A220 #DFC03F #E8D174 #F1E2A9 #F9F4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E8D174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#E8D174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D174

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D174	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.116 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de9e',
    500: '#e8d174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d174;
$custom-light: #f1de9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.103,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86058,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D174

secondary

#405AC0

accent

#38D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D174

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

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