#E8D457#E8D457

#E8D457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.145 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D457
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -7.55, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 62.94, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% -0.0257 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.145 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5449, 64.9334, 18.4646)
Luminance	0.6493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D457 #576BE8

analogous

#E88B57 #E8D457 #B4E857

triadic

#E8D457 #57E8D4 #D457E8

tetradic

#E8D457 #57E88B #576BE8 #E857B4

square

#E8D457 #57E88B #576BE8 #E857B4

split-complementary

#E8D457 #57B4E8 #8B57E8

monochromatic

#AD9818 #E1C621 #E8D457 #EFE28D #F7F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E8D457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#E8D457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D457

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D457	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)

#E7CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.145 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e08b',
    500: '#e8d457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d457;
$custom-light: #f3e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86337,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D457

secondary

#3546AE

accent

#29D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D457

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

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