#E8D35B#E8D35B

#E8D35B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D35B
RGB	rgb(232, 211, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -6.79, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 60.90, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% -0.023 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.4636, 64.5022, 19.2661)
Luminance	0.6450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D35B #5B70E8

analogous

#E88C5B #E8D35B #B6E85B

triadic

#E8D35B #5BE8D3 #D35BE8

tetradic

#E8D35B #5BE88C #5B70E8 #E85BB6

square

#E8D35B #5BE88C #5B70E8 #E85BB6

split-complementary

#E8D35B #5BB6E8 #8C5BE8

monochromatic

#B09919 #E0C525 #E8D35B #F0E191 #F7F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E8D35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#E8D35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D35B

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D35B	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 211, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e08e',
    500: '#e8d35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d35b;
$custom-light: #f2e08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86171,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D35B

secondary

#3749B1

accent

#2CD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D35B

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

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