#E8D463#E8D463

#E8D463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D463
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 57.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -6.74, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 57.74, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.022 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.0765, 65.1460, 21.2646)
Luminance	0.6514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D463 #6377E8

analogous

#E89163 #E8D463 #BAE863

triadic

#E8D463 #63E8D4 #D463E8

tetradic

#E8D463 #63E891 #6377E8 #E863BA

square

#E8D463 #63E891 #6377E8 #E863BA

split-complementary

#E8D463 #63BAE8 #9163E8

monochromatic

#B69E1B #E0C52E #E8D463 #F0E398 #F8F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E8D463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#E8D463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D463

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D463	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)

#E6CF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e093',
    500: '#e8d463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d463;
$custom-light: #f2e093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86459,
    "c": 0.13484,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D463

secondary

#394CB6

accent

#2DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D463

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

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