#E8D56B#E8D56B

#E8D56B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D56B
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 107)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 53.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -6.64, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 54.46, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.0208 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.129 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.7288, 65.8082, 23.4631)
Luminance	0.6581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D56B #6B7EE8

analogous

#E8976B #E8D56B #BDE86B

triadic

#E8D56B #6BE8D5 #D56BE8

tetradic

#E8D56B #6BE897 #6B7EE8 #E86BBD

square

#E8D56B #6BE897 #6B7EE8 #E86BBD

split-complementary

#E8D56B #6BBDE8 #976BE8

monochromatic

#BBA31D #E0C636 #E8D56B #F0E4A0 #F8F3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E8D56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E8D56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D56B

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D56B	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.129 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e198',
    500: '#e8d56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d56b;
$custom-light: #f2e198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86755,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D56B

secondary

#3C50BB

accent

#2ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D56B

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

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