#E8D555#E8D555
#E8D555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.147 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D555 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 213, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 63%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 63.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.69, -8.18, 63.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.69, 64.11, 97.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.52% -0.0277 0.1445) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.52% 0.147 100.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.7150, 65.4027, 18.1238) |
| Luminance | 0.6540 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.59
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.73
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.21
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.33
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.48
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.48
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D555 #5568E8
analogous
#E88C55 #E8D555 #B2E855
triadic
#E8D555 #55E8D5 #D555E8
tetradic
#E8D555 #55E88C #5568E8 #E855B2
square
#E8D555 #55E88C #5568E8 #E855B2
split-complementary
#E8D555 #55B2E8 #8C55E8
monochromatic
#AB9817 #E1C81F #E8D555 #EFE28B #F7F0C1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E8D555 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.08
#E8D555 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D555
14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D555 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D555 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.08 | 14.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8CF46
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD75C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9C7BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d555; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.147 100.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3e18a',
500: '#e8d555',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d555; $custom-light: #f3e18a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d555",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 213,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.245,
"s": 76.166,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86523,
"c": 0.14714,
"h": 100.9
},
"luminance": 0.654
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D555
secondary
#3544AD
accent
#27D80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F