#E8D461#E8D461

#E8D461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.137 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D461
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -6.88, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 58.62, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.0226 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.137 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.9821, 65.1083, 20.7672)
Luminance	0.6511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D461 #6175E8

analogous

#E89161 #E8D461 #B9E861

triadic

#E8D461 #61E8D4 #D461E8

tetradic

#E8D461 #61E891 #6175E8 #E861B9

square

#E8D461 #61E891 #6175E8 #E861B9

split-complementary

#E8D461 #61B9E8 #9161E8

monochromatic

#B49E1A #E0C52C #E8D461 #F0E396 #F8F1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E8D461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#E8D461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D461

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D461	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)

#E6CF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.137 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e092',
    500: '#e8d461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d461;
$custom-light: #f2e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86437,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D461

secondary

#394BB5

accent

#2CD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D461

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

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