#E8D462#E8D462

#E8D462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D462
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -6.81, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 58.18, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0223 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.0290, 65.1270, 21.0144)
Luminance	0.6512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D462 #6276E8

analogous

#E89162 #E8D462 #B9E862

triadic

#E8D462 #62E8D4 #D462E8

tetradic

#E8D462 #62E891 #6276E8 #E862B9

square

#E8D462 #62E891 #6276E8 #E862B9

split-complementary

#E8D462 #62B9E8 #9162E8

monochromatic

#B59E1B #E0C52D #E8D462 #F0E397 #F8F1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E8D462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#E8D462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D462

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D462	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e092',
    500: '#e8d462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d462;
$custom-light: #f2e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86448,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D462

secondary

#394CB5

accent

#2DD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D462

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

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