#E8D265#E8D265

#E8D265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.131 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D265
RGB	rgb(232, 210, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 56.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, -5.57, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 56.14, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% -0.0184 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.131 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.6765, 64.1911, 21.6088)
Luminance	0.6419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D265 #657BE8

analogous

#E89165 #E8D265 #BCE865

triadic

#E8D265 #65E8D2 #D265E8

tetradic

#E8D265 #65E891 #657BE8 #E865BC

square

#E8D265 #65E891 #657BE8 #E865BC

split-complementary

#E8D265 #65BCE8 #9165E8

monochromatic

#B79D1B #E0C230 #E8D265 #F0E29A #F8F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E8D265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#E8D265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D265

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D265	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.131 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2df94',
    500: '#e8d265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d265;
$custom-light: #f2df94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86074,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D265

secondary

#3A4FB7

accent

#31D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D265

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

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