#E8D472#E8D472

#E8D472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.121 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D472
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -5.55, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 50.84, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0169 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.121 98)
XYZ	xyz(59.8614, 65.4600, 25.3982)
Luminance	0.6546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D472 #7286E8

analogous

#E89972 #E8D472 #C1E872

triadic

#E8D472 #72E8D4 #D472E8

tetradic

#E8D472 #72E899 #7286E8 #E872C1

square

#E8D472 #72E899 #7286E8 #E872C1

split-complementary

#E8D472 #72C1E8 #9972E8

monochromatic

#C0A51F #DFC43D #E8D472 #F1E4A7 #F9F4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#E8D472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D472

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D472	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.121 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e19d',
    500: '#e8d472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d472;
$custom-light: #f1e19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86639,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.65458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D472

secondary

#3F55BF

accent

#32D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D472

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

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