#E8D55E#E8D55E

#E8D55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D55E
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -7.60, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 60.29, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.61% -0.025 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(86.61% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0956, 65.5549, 20.1280)
Luminance	0.6555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D55E #5E71E8

analogous

#E8905E #E8D55E #B6E85E

triadic

#E8D55E #5EE8D5 #D55EE8

tetradic

#E8D55E #5EE890 #5E71E8 #E85EB6

square

#E8D55E #5EE890 #5E71E8 #E85EB6

split-complementary

#E8D55E #5EB6E8 #905EE8

monochromatic

#B29D19 #E0C728 #E8D55E #F0E394 #F7F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#E8D55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D55E

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D55E	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e190',
    500: '#e8d55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d55e;
$custom-light: #f2e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8661,
    "c": 0.13996,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D55E

secondary

#3849B3

accent

#2AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D55E

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

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