#E8D346#E8D346
#E8D346 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.156 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D346 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 211, 70) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 78%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 70%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 69.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.06, -7.99, 68.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.06, 69.36, 96.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.99% -0.0288 0.1533) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.99% 0.156 100.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.6811, 64.1891, 15.1446) |
| Luminance | 0.6419 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.48
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.26
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.27
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.33
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.43
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D346 #465BE8
analogous
#E88246 #E8D346 #ACE846
triadic
#E8D346 #46E8D3 #D346E8
tetradic
#E8D346 #46E882 #465BE8 #E846AC
square
#E8D346 #46E882 #465BE8 #E846AC
split-complementary
#E8D346 #46ACE8 #8246E8
monochromatic
#A08E14 #D6BE1B #E8D346 #EFE07C #F6EDB3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.52
#E8D346 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.84
#E8D346 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D346
13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D346 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D346 | 1.00 | 1.52 | 13.84 | 13.84 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7CD30
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD54F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAC4B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d346; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 211, 70); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.156 100.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3e082',
500: '#e8d346',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d346; $custom-light: #f3e082; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d346",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 211,
"b": 70
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.222,
"s": 77.885,
"l": 59.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85991,
"c": 0.15601,
"h": 100.6
},
"luminance": 0.64187
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D346
secondary
#303FA2
accent
#4CF433
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFCF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#18150B
muted
#86847E