#E8D565#E8D565

#E8D565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D565
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 56.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -7.10, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 57.19, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.0228 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4241, 65.6863, 21.8580)
Luminance	0.6568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D565 #6578E8

analogous

#E89465 #E8D565 #B9E865

triadic

#E8D565 #65E8D5 #D565E8

tetradic

#E8D565 #65E894 #6578E8 #E865B9

square

#E8D565 #65E894 #6578E8 #E865B9

split-complementary

#E8D565 #65B9E8 #9465E8

monochromatic

#B7A11B #E0C630 #E8D565 #F0E49A #F8F2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#E8D565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D565

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D565	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e194',
    500: '#e8d565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d565;
$custom-light: #f2e194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86685,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D565

secondary

#3A4CB7

accent

#2CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D565

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

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