#E8D486#E8D486

#E8D486 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.100 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D486
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 134)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 42.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -3.67, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 41.21, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0095 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.1 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.1268, 65.9661, 32.0625)
Luminance	0.6596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D486 #869AE8

analogous

#E8A386 #E8D486 #CBE886

triadic

#E8D486 #86E8D4 #D486E8

tetradic

#E8D486 #86E8A3 #869AE8 #E886CB

square

#E8D486 #86E8A3 #869AE8 #E886CB

split-complementary

#E8D486 #86CBE8 #A386E8

monochromatic

#CDAB27 #DEC253 #E8D486 #F2E6B9 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E8D486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#E8D486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D486

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D486	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.100 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e1aa',
    500: '#e8d486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d486;
$custom-light: #f1e1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86928,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D486

secondary

#5168C1

accent

#3CD016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D486

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

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