#E8D487#E8D487

#E8D487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.099 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D487
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 135)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 41.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -3.57, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 40.72, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.94% -0.0092 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(86.94% 0.099 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.1968, 65.9942, 32.4315)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D487 #879BE8

analogous

#E8A487 #E8D487 #CCE887

triadic

#E8D487 #87E8D4 #D487E8

tetradic

#E8D487 #87E8A4 #879BE8 #E887CC

square

#E8D487 #87E8A4 #879BE8 #E887CC

split-complementary

#E8D487 #87CCE8 #A487E8

monochromatic

#CDAB27 #DEC254 #E8D487 #F2E6BA #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E8D487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E8D487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D487

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D487	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.099 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e1ab',
    500: '#e8d487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d487;
$custom-light: #f1e1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.629,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86944,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D487

secondary

#5269C1

accent

#3CD016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D487

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

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