#E8D379#E8D379

#E8D379 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.113 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D379
RGB	rgb(232, 211, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -4.42, 46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 47.16, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0129 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.113 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0260, 65.1271, 27.4944)
Luminance	0.6512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D379 #798EE8

analogous

#E89C79 #E8D379 #C6E879

triadic

#E8D379 #79E8D3 #D379E8

tetradic

#E8D379 #79E89C #798EE8 #E879C6

square

#E8D379 #79E89C #798EE8 #E879C6

split-complementary

#E8D379 #79C6E8 #9C79E8

monochromatic

#C5A622 #DFC245 #E8D379 #F1E4AD #FAF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E8D379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#E8D379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D379

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D379	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 211, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.113 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e0a1',
    500: '#e8d379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d379;
$custom-light: #f1e0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86531,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D379

secondary

#455CC0

accent

#37D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D379

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

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