#E8D488#E8D488

#E8D488 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.098 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D488
RGB	rgb(232, 212, 136)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 41.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -3.46, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 40.22, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0088 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.098 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.2676, 66.0225, 32.8041)
Luminance	0.6602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D488 #889CE8

analogous

#E8A488 #E8D488 #CCE888

triadic

#E8D488 #88E8D4 #D488E8

tetradic

#E8D488 #88E8A4 #889CE8 #E888CC

square

#E8D488 #88E8A4 #889CE8 #E888CC

split-complementary

#E8D488 #88CCE8 #A488E8

monochromatic

#CEAB28 #DEC155 #E8D488 #F2E7BB #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E8D488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E8D488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D488

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D488	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)

#E3D182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D78B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.098 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e1ab',
    500: '#e8d488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d488;
$custom-light: #f1e1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 67.606,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8696,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D488

secondary

#536AC1

accent

#3DD016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D488

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

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