#E8D465#E8D465

#E8D465 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D465
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 56.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -6.59, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 56.84, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0213 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.1733, 65.1848, 21.7744)
Luminance	0.6518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D465 #6579E8

analogous

#E89365 #E8D465 #BAE865

triadic

#E8D465 #65E8D4 #D465E8

tetradic

#E8D465 #65E893 #6579E8 #E865BA

square

#E8D465 #65E893 #6579E8 #E865BA

split-complementary

#E8D465 #65BAE8 #9365E8

monochromatic

#B79F1B #E0C530 #E8D465 #F0E39A #F8F2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E8D465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#E8D465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D465

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D465	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e094',
    500: '#e8d465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d465;
$custom-light: #f2e094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86481,
    "c": 0.13308,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D465

secondary

#3A4DB7

accent

#2ED60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D465

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

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