#E8D357#E8D357

#E8D357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D357
RGB	rgb(232, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -7.04, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 62.61, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.13% -0.0242 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(86.13% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.2957, 64.4350, 18.3815)
Luminance	0.6443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D357 #576CE8

analogous

#E88A57 #E8D357 #B5E857

triadic

#E8D357 #57E8D3 #D357E8

tetradic

#E8D357 #57E88A #576CE8 #E857B5

square

#E8D357 #57E88A #576CE8 #E857B5

split-complementary

#E8D357 #57B5E8 #8A57E8

monochromatic

#AD9718 #E1C521 #E8D357 #EFE18D #F7EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E8D357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#E8D357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D357

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D357	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)

#E6CE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e08b',
    500: '#e8d357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d357;
$custom-light: #f3e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86133,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D357

secondary

#3547AE

accent

#2BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D357

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

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