#E8D563#E8D563

#E8D563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D563
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, -7.24, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 58.09, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.0234 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(59.3273, 65.6475, 21.3482)
Luminance	0.6564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D563 #6376E8

analogous

#E89363 #E8D563 #B8E863

triadic

#E8D563 #63E8D5 #D563E8

tetradic

#E8D563 #63E893 #6376E8 #E863B8

square

#E8D563 #63E893 #6376E8 #E863B8

split-complementary

#E8D563 #63B8E8 #9363E8

monochromatic

#B6A01B #E0C72E #E8D563 #F0E398 #F8F2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#E8D563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D563

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D563	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e193',
    500: '#e8d563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d563;
$custom-light: #f2e193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86663,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.65645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D563

secondary

#394BB6

accent

#2CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D563

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

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