#E8D371#E8D371

#E8D371 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.121 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D371
RGB	rgb(232, 211, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 51.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -5.13, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 50.96, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0158 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.121 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.5556, 64.9389, 25.0170)
Luminance	0.6494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D371 #7186E8

analogous

#E89871 #E8D371 #C1E871

triadic

#E8D371 #71E8D3 #D371E8

tetradic

#E8D371 #71E898 #7186E8 #E871C1

square

#E8D371 #71E898 #7186E8 #E871C1

split-complementary

#E8D371 #71C1E8 #9871E8

monochromatic

#C0A31F #DFC33C #E8D371 #F1E3A6 #F9F4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E8D371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#E8D371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D371

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D371	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 211, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.121 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e09c',
    500: '#e8d371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d371;
$custom-light: #f2e09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86423,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D371

secondary

#3F55BF

accent

#34D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D371

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

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