#E8D26E#E8D26E
#E8D26E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.123 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D26E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 210, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 52.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.16, -4.87, 51.78) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.16, 52.01, 95.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.18% -0.0154 0.1222) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.18% 0.123 97.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.1418, 64.3772, 24.0596) |
| Luminance | 0.6438 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.05
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.06
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.78
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.85
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.13
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.22
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D26E #6E84E8
analogous
#E8956E #E8D26E #C1E86E
triadic
#E8D26E #6EE8D2 #D26EE8
tetradic
#E8D26E #6EE895 #6E84E8 #E86EC1
square
#E8D26E #6EE895 #6E84E8 #E86EC1
split-complementary
#E8D26E #6EC1E8 #956EE8
monochromatic
#BEA11E #E0C239 #E8D26E #F0E2A3 #F9F3D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E8D26E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.88
#E8D26E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D26E
13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D26E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D26E | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.88 | 13.88 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CE65
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D572
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8C5BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d26e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.123 97.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2df9a',
500: '#e8d26e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d26e; $custom-light: #f2df9a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d26e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 210,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.18,
"s": 72.619,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86182,
"c": 0.12313,
"h": 97.2
},
"luminance": 0.64375
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D26E
secondary
#3E54BD
accent
#34D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F