#E8D252#E8D252

#E8D252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.147 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D252
RGB	rgb(232, 210, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 64.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -6.84, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 64.35, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0242 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.147 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.8508, 63.8608, 17.2601)
Luminance	0.6386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D252 #5268E8

analogous

#E88752 #E8D252 #B3E852

triadic

#E8D252 #52E8D2 #D252E8

tetradic

#E8D252 #52E887 #5268E8 #E852B3

square

#E8D252 #52E887 #5268E8 #E852B3

split-complementary

#E8D252 #52B3E8 #8752E8

monochromatic

#A99416 #DFC31E #E8D252 #EFE088 #F6EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E8D252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#E8D252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D252

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D252	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.147 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df88',
    500: '#e8d252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d252;
$custom-light: #f3df88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85883,
    "c": 0.14692,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D252

secondary

#3445AB

accent

#2BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D252

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

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