#E8D478#E8D478

#E8D478 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.115 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D478
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 48.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -5.02, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 48.00, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% -0.0148 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.115 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.2142, 65.6011, 27.2561)
Luminance	0.6560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D478 #788CE8

analogous

#E89C78 #E8D478 #C4E878

triadic

#E8D478 #78E8D4 #D478E8

tetradic

#E8D478 #78E89C #788CE8 #E878C4

square

#E8D478 #78E89C #788CE8 #E878C4

split-complementary

#E8D478 #78C4E8 #9C78E8

monochromatic

#C4A721 #DFC344 #E8D478 #F1E5AC #FAF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#E8D478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D478

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D478	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)

#E4D070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.115 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e1a1',
    500: '#e8d478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d478;
$custom-light: #f1e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8672,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D478

secondary

#445AC0

accent

#35D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D478

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

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