#E8D561#E8D561

#E8D561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D561
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -7.39, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 58.97, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0241 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2328, 65.6098, 20.8508)
Luminance	0.6561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D561 #6174E8

analogous

#E89261 #E8D561 #B7E861

triadic

#E8D561 #61E8D5 #D561E8

tetradic

#E8D561 #61E892 #6174E8 #E861B7

square

#E8D561 #61E892 #6174E8 #E861B7

split-complementary

#E8D561 #61B7E8 #9261E8

monochromatic

#B49F1A #E0C72C #E8D561 #F0E396 #F8F1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#E8D561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D561

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D561	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e192',
    500: '#e8d561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d561;
$custom-light: #f2e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86642,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D561

secondary

#394AB5

accent

#2BD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D561

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

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