#E8D55F#E8D55F

#E8D55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D55F
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 59.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -7.53, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 59.85, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0247 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.1408, 65.5729, 20.3659)
Luminance	0.6557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D55F #5F72E8

analogous

#E8915F #E8D55F #B7E85F

triadic

#E8D55F #5FE8D5 #D55FE8

tetradic

#E8D55F #5FE891 #5F72E8 #E85FB7

square

#E8D55F #5FE891 #5F72E8 #E85FB7

split-complementary

#E8D55F #5FB7E8 #915FE8

monochromatic

#B39E1A #E0C729 #E8D55F #F0E395 #F7F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#E8D55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D55F

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D55F	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)

#E7CF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e190',
    500: '#e8d55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d55f;
$custom-light: #f2e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8662,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D55F

secondary

#3849B3

accent

#2AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D55F

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

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