#E8D260#E8D260

#E8D260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.136 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D260
RGB	rgb(232, 210, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -5.94, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 58.38, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.02 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.136 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.4389, 64.0960, 20.3576)
Luminance	0.6409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D260 #6076E8

analogous

#E88E60 #E8D260 #BAE860

triadic

#E8D260 #60E8D2 #D260E8

tetradic

#E8D260 #60E88E #6076E8 #E860BA

square

#E8D260 #60E88E #6076E8 #E860BA

split-complementary

#E8D260 #60BAE8 #8E60E8

monochromatic

#B49B1A #E0C32B #E8D260 #F0E195 #F7F0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E8D260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#E8D260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D260

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D260	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.136 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2df91',
    500: '#e8d260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d260;
$custom-light: #f2df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86019,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D260

secondary

#384CB4

accent

#2FD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D260

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

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