#E8D477#E8D477

#E8D477 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.116 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D477
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 119)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 48.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -5.11, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 48.47, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.0151 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.116 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.1538, 65.5770, 26.9382)
Luminance	0.6558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D477 #778BE8

analogous

#E89C77 #E8D477 #C3E877

triadic

#E8D477 #77E8D4 #D477E8

tetradic

#E8D477 #77E89C #778BE8 #E877C3

square

#E8D477 #77E89C #778BE8 #E877C3

split-complementary

#E8D477 #77C3E8 #9C77E8

monochromatic

#C4A721 #DFC343 #E8D477 #F1E5AB #FAF5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#E8D477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D477

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D477	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.116 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e1a0',
    500: '#e8d477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d477;
$custom-light: #f1e1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86706,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D477

secondary

#4359C0

accent

#35D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D477

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

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