#E8D460#E8D460

#E8D460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D460
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, -6.95, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 59.07, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.023 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.9358, 65.0897, 20.5232)
Luminance	0.6509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D460 #6074E8

analogous

#E89060 #E8D460 #B8E860

triadic

#E8D460 #60E8D4 #D460E8

tetradic

#E8D460 #60E890 #6074E8 #E860B8

square

#E8D460 #60E890 #6074E8 #E860B8

split-complementary

#E8D460 #60B8E8 #9060E8

monochromatic

#B49D1A #E0C62B #E8D460 #F0E295 #F7F1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E8D460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#E8D460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D460

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D460	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e091',
    500: '#e8d460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d460;
$custom-light: #f2e091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86427,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D460

secondary

#384AB4

accent

#2CD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D460

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

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