#E8D258#E8D258

#E8D258 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.142 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D258
RGB	rgb(232, 210, 88)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -6.47, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 61.85, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.94% -0.0225 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.94% 0.142 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.0892, 63.9561, 18.5156)
Luminance	0.6395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D258 #586EE8

analogous

#E88A58 #E8D258 #B6E858

triadic

#E8D258 #58E8D2 #D258E8

tetradic

#E8D258 #58E88A #586EE8 #E858B6

square

#E8D258 #58E88A #586EE8 #E858B6

split-complementary

#E8D258 #58B6E8 #8A58E8

monochromatic

#AE9718 #E1C422 #E8D258 #EFE08E #F7EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E8D258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E8D258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D258

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D258	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)

#E5CD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.142 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df8c',
    500: '#e8d258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d258;
$custom-light: #f3df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 75.789,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85938,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D258

secondary

#3648AF

accent

#2CD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D258

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

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