#E8D56D#E8D56D

#E8D56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D56D
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 53%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -6.48, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 53.54, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0201 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8353, 65.8508, 24.0237)
Luminance	0.6585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D56D #6D80E8

analogous

#E8986D #E8D56D #BDE86D

triadic

#E8D56D #6DE8D5 #D56DE8

tetradic

#E8D56D #6DE898 #6D80E8 #E86DBD

square

#E8D56D #6DE898 #6D80E8 #E86DBD

split-complementary

#E8D56D #6DBDE8 #986DE8

monochromatic

#BDA41E #E0C638 #E8D56D #F0E4A2 #F9F3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E8D56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#E8D56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D56D

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D56D	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e199',
    500: '#e8d56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d56d;
$custom-light: #f2e199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86779,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D56D

secondary

#3D51BC

accent

#2FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D56D

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

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