#E8D272#E8D272

#E8D272 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.119 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D272
RGB	rgb(232, 210, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -4.53, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 50.13, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.014 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.119 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.3645, 64.4663, 25.2325)
Luminance	0.6446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D272 #7288E8

analogous

#E89772 #E8D272 #C3E872

triadic

#E8D272 #72E8D2 #D272E8

tetradic

#E8D272 #72E897 #7288E8 #E872C3

square

#E8D272 #72E897 #7288E8 #E872C3

split-complementary

#E8D272 #72C3E8 #9772E8

monochromatic

#C0A21F #DFC13D #E8D272 #F1E3A7 #F9F4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E8D272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#E8D272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D272

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D272	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)

#E3CE6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.119 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1df9d',
    500: '#e8d272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d272;
$custom-light: #f1df9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86233,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D272

secondary

#3F57BF

accent

#36D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D272

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

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