#E8D278#E8D278

#E8D278 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.113 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D278
RGB	rgb(232, 210, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 48.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -4.00, 47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 47.28, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0118 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.113 96)
XYZ	xyz(59.7173, 64.6074, 27.0905)
Luminance	0.6461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D278 #788EE8

analogous

#E89A78 #E8D278 #C6E878

triadic

#E8D278 #78E8D2 #D278E8

tetradic

#E8D278 #78E89A #788EE8 #E878C6

square

#E8D278 #78E89A #788EE8 #E878C6

split-complementary

#E8D278 #78C6E8 #9A78E8

monochromatic

#C4A421 #DFC144 #E8D278 #F1E3AC #FAF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E8D278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#E8D278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D278

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D278	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.113 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dfa1',
    500: '#e8d278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d278;
$custom-light: #f1dfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86315,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.64605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D278

secondary

#445CC0

accent

#38D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D278

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

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