#E8D55A#E8D55A

#E8D55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.143 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D55A
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -7.86, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 62.01, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0262 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.143 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.9207, 65.4849, 19.2071)
Luminance	0.6548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D55A #5A6DE8

analogous

#E88E5A #E8D55A #B4E85A

triadic

#E8D55A #5AE8D5 #D55AE8

tetradic

#E8D55A #5AE88E #5A6DE8 #E85AB4

square

#E8D55A #5AE88E #5A6DE8 #E85AB4

split-complementary

#E8D55A #5AB4E8 #8E5AE8

monochromatic

#AF9B18 #E1C724 #E8D55A #EFE390 #F7F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#E8D55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D55A

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D55A	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.143 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e18d',
    500: '#e8d55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d55a;
$custom-light: #f2e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8657,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D55A

secondary

#3647B0

accent

#29D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D55A

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

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