#E8D57D#E8D57D

#E8D57D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.111 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D57D
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 125)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 46.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -5.07, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 45.96, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0144 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.111 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.7763, 66.2272, 28.9798)
Luminance	0.6623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D57D #7D90E8

analogous

#E8A07D #E8D57D #C5E87D

triadic

#E8D57D #7DE8D5 #D57DE8

tetradic

#E8D57D #7DE8A0 #7D90E8 #E87DC5

square

#E8D57D #7DE8A0 #7D90E8 #E87DC5

split-complementary

#E8D57D #7DC5E8 #A07DE8

monochromatic

#C7AA23 #DFC449 #E8D57D #F1E6B1 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E8D57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#E8D57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D57D

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D57D	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.111 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e1a4',
    500: '#e8d57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d57d;
$custom-light: #f1e1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.346,
    "s": 69.935,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86993,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D57D

secondary

#495EC1

accent

#35D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D57D

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

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