#E8D361#E8D361

#E8D361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D361
RGB	rgb(232, 211, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -6.37, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 58.28, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.0212 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(58.7329, 64.6099, 20.6842)
Luminance	0.6461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D361 #6176E8

analogous

#E89061 #E8D361 #B9E861

triadic

#E8D361 #61E8D3 #D361E8

tetradic

#E8D361 #61E890 #6176E8 #E861B9

square

#E8D361 #61E890 #6176E8 #E861B9

split-complementary

#E8D361 #61B9E8 #9061E8

monochromatic

#B49C1A #E0C42C #E8D361 #F0E296 #F8F1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E8D361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#E8D361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D361

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D361	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 211, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e092',
    500: '#e8d361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d361;
$custom-light: #f2e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86234,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.64607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D361

secondary

#394CB5

accent

#2ED70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D361

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

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