#E8D45E#E8D45E

#E8D45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.139 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D45E
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.51, -7.09, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.51, 59.94, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.41% -0.0236 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(86.41% 0.139 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.8449, 65.0534, 20.0444)
Luminance	0.6505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D45E #5E72E8

analogous

#E88F5E #E8D45E #B7E85E

triadic

#E8D45E #5EE8D4 #D45EE8

tetradic

#E8D45E #5EE88F #5E72E8 #E85EB7

square

#E8D45E #5EE88F #5E72E8 #E85EB7

split-complementary

#E8D45E #5EB7E8 #8F5EE8

monochromatic

#B29C19 #E0C628 #E8D45E #F0E294 #F7F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E8D45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#E8D45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D45E

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D45E	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.139 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e090',
    500: '#e8d45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d45e;
$custom-light: #f2e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86406,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D45E

secondary

#3849B3

accent

#2BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D45E

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

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