#E8D452#E8D452
#E8D452 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.149 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D452 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 212, 82) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 77%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 65%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 64.7%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.41, -7.85, 64.53) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.41, 65.01, 96.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.29% -0.0271 0.1461) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.29% 0.149 100.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.3476, 64.8545, 17.4258) |
| Luminance | 0.6485 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.86
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.81
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.11
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.20
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.37
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D452 #5266E8
analogous
#E88952 #E8D452 #B1E852
triadic
#E8D452 #52E8D4 #D452E8
tetradic
#E8D452 #52E889 #5266E8 #E852B1
square
#E8D452 #52E889 #5266E8 #E852B1
split-complementary
#E8D452 #52B1E8 #8952E8
monochromatic
#A99616 #DFC51E #E8D452 #EFE188 #F6EFBE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#E8D452 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.97
#E8D452 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D452
13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D452 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D452 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 13.97 | 13.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7CE42
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD659
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9C6B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d452; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 82); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.149 100.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3e089',
500: '#e8d452',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d452; $custom-light: #f3e089; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d452",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 212,
"b": 82
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52,
"s": 76.531,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86292,
"c": 0.14855,
"h": 100.5
},
"luminance": 0.64852
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D452
secondary
#3443AB
accent
#28D90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F