#E8D55B#E8D55B
#E8D55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.142 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D55B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 213, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 60.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.74, -7.80, 61.09) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.74, 61.58, 97.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.58% -0.0259 0.14) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.58% 0.142 100.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.9636, 65.5021, 19.4328) |
| Luminance | 0.6550 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.73
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.65
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.94
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.15
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.23
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D55B #5B6EE8
analogous
#E88E5B #E8D55B #B4E85B
triadic
#E8D55B #5BE8D5 #D55BE8
tetradic
#E8D55B #5BE88E #5B6EE8 #E85BB4
square
#E8D55B #5BE88E #5B6EE8 #E85BB4
split-complementary
#E8D55B #5BB4E8 #8E5BE8
monochromatic
#B09C19 #E0C725 #E8D55B #F0E391 #F7F0C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E8D55B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.10
#E8D55B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D55B
14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D55B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D55B | 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)
#E7CF4D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD761
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9C7BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d55b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.142 100.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2e18e',
500: '#e8d55b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d55b; $custom-light: #f2e18e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d55b",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 213,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.915,
"s": 75.401,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8658,
"c": 0.14242,
"h": 100.5
},
"luminance": 0.655
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D55B
secondary
#3747B1
accent
#29D80E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F