#E8D46A#E8D46A
#E8D46A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D46A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 212, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 73%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 54%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 54.3%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.63, -6.21, 54.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.63, 54.57, 96.53°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.54% -0.0197 0.1271) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.54% 0.129 98.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.4258, 65.2858, 23.1040) |
| Luminance | 0.6528 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.34
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.22
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.96
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.01
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.08
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D46A #6A7EE8
analogous
#E8956A #E8D46A #BDE86A
triadic
#E8D46A #6AE8D4 #D46AE8
tetradic
#E8D46A #6AE895 #6A7EE8 #E86ABD
square
#E8D46A #6AE895 #6A7EE8 #E86ABD
split-complementary
#E8D46A #6ABDE8 #956AE8
monochromatic
#BBA21D #E0C535 #E8D46A #F0E39F #F8F3D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E8D46A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.06
#E8D46A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D46A
14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D46A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D46A | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.06 | 14.06 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5CF60
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD66F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8C7BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d46a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.129 98.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2e197',
500: '#e8d46a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d46a; $custom-light: #f2e197; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d46a",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 212,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.476,
"s": 73.256,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86539,
"c": 0.12857,
"h": 98.8
},
"luminance": 0.65283
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D46A
secondary
#3C50BA
accent
#2FD510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F