#E8D271#E8D271

#E8D271 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.120 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D271
RGB	rgb(232, 210, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 51.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -4.62, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 50.60, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.0143 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.12 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.3079, 64.4436, 24.9344)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D271 #7187E8

analogous

#E89771 #E8D271 #C2E871

triadic

#E8D271 #71E8D2 #D271E8

tetradic

#E8D271 #71E897 #7187E8 #E871C2

square

#E8D271 #71E897 #7187E8 #E871C2

split-complementary

#E8D271 #71C2E8 #9771E8

monochromatic

#C0A21F #DFC13C #E8D271 #F1E3A6 #F9F3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E8D271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#E8D271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D271

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D271	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.120 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2df9c',
    500: '#e8d271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d271;
$custom-light: #f2df9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8622,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D271

secondary

#3F56BF

accent

#35D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D271

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

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