#E8D261#E8D261

#E8D261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D261
RGB	rgb(232, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.03, -5.87, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.03, 57.94, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% -0.0197 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.4852, 64.1146, 20.6016)
Luminance	0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D261 #6177E8

analogous

#E88F61 #E8D261 #BBE861

triadic

#E8D261 #61E8D2 #D261E8

tetradic

#E8D261 #61E88F #6177E8 #E861BB

square

#E8D261 #61E88F #6177E8 #E861BB

split-complementary

#E8D261 #61BBE8 #8F61E8

monochromatic

#B49B1A #E0C32C #E8D261 #F0E196 #F8F0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E8D261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#E8D261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D261

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D261	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)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2df92',
    500: '#e8d261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d261;
$custom-light: #f2df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8603,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D261

secondary

#394DB5

accent

#2FD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D261

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

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