#E8D35E#E8D35E

#E8D35E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D35E
RGB	rgb(232, 211, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -6.58, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 59.60, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0221 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5957, 64.5550, 19.9614)
Luminance	0.6455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D35E #5E73E8

analogous

#E88E5E #E8D35E #B8E85E

triadic

#E8D35E #5EE8D3 #D35EE8

tetradic

#E8D35E #5EE88E #5E73E8 #E85EB8

square

#E8D35E #5EE88E #5E73E8 #E85EB8

split-complementary

#E8D35E #5EB8E8 #8E5EE8

monochromatic

#B29B19 #E0C428 #E8D35E #F0E294 #F7F0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E8D35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#E8D35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D35E

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D35E	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 211, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e090',
    500: '#e8d35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d35e;
$custom-light: #f2e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86202,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D35E

secondary

#384AB3

accent

#2DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D35E

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

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