#E8D468#E8D468
#E8D468 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.130 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D468 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 212, 104) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 74%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 55%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 55.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.61, -6.36, 55.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.61, 55.48, 96.59°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.52% -0.0204 0.1288) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.52% 0.13 99) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.3230, 65.2446, 22.5627) |
| Luminance | 0.6524 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.52
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.01
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.90
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.98
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.98
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D468 #687CE8
analogous
#E89468 #E8D468 #BCE868
triadic
#E8D468 #68E8D4 #D468E8
tetradic
#E8D468 #68E894 #687CE8 #E868BC
square
#E8D468 #68E894 #687CE8 #E868BC
split-complementary
#E8D468 #68BCE8 #9468E8
monochromatic
#B9A11C #E0C533 #E8D468 #F0E39D #F8F2D2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E8D468 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.05
#E8D468 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D468
14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D468 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D468 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.05 | 14.05 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6CF5E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD66D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8C7BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d468; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 104); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.130 99.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2e196',
500: '#e8d468',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d468; $custom-light: #f2e196; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d468",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 212,
"b": 104
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.625,
"s": 73.563,
"l": 65.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86516,
"c": 0.1304,
"h": 99
},
"luminance": 0.65242
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D468
secondary
#3B4FB9
accent
#2FD610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F