#E8D290#E8D290

#E8D290 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.088 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D290
RGB	rgb(232, 210, 144)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 37.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -1.57, 35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 35.55, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.0027 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.088 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.3606, 65.2647, 35.7453)
Luminance	0.6526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D290 #90A6E8

analogous

#E8A690 #E8D290 #D2E890

triadic

#E8D290 #90E8D2 #D290E8

tetradic

#E8D290 #90E8A6 #90A6E8 #E890D2

square

#E8D290 #90E8A6 #90A6E8 #E890D2

split-complementary

#E8D290 #90D2E8 #A690E8

monochromatic

#D2A82C #DDBD5D #E8D290 #F3E7C3 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#E8D290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D290

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D290	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D692

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.088 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dfb1',
    500: '#e8d290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d290;
$custom-light: #f0dfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86693,
    "c": 0.08773,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D290

secondary

#5A74C2

accent

#45CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D290

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

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