#E8D44F#E8D44F

#E8D44F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.151 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D44F
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 65.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -8.02, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 66.22, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0279 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.151 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.2360, 64.8098, 16.8376)
Luminance	0.6481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D44F #4F63E8

analogous

#E8874F #E8D44F #AFE84F

triadic

#E8D44F #4FE8D4 #D44FE8

tetradic

#E8D44F #4FE887 #4F63E8 #E84FAF

square

#E8D44F #4FE887 #4F63E8 #E84FAF

split-complementary

#E8D44F #4FAFE8 #874FE8

monochromatic

#A79416 #DDC41D #E8D44F #EFE185 #F6EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E8D44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#E8D44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D44F

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D44F	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.151 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e087',
    500: '#e8d44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d44f;
$custom-light: #f3e087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.157,
    "s": 76.884,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86266,
    "c": 0.15073,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D44F

secondary

#3342A9

accent

#27D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D44F

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

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