#E8D591#E8D591

#E8D591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.089 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D591
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 145)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(47, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 37.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -3.00, 36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 36.14, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.31% -0.0068 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(87.31% 0.089 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.1850, 66.7906, 36.3988)
Luminance	0.6679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D591 #91A4E8

analogous

#E8AA91 #E8D591 #D0E891

triadic

#E8D591 #91E8D5 #D591E8

tetradic

#E8D591 #91E8AA #91A4E8 #E891D0

square

#E8D591 #91E8AA #91A4E8 #E891D0

split-complementary

#E8D591 #91D0E8 #AA91E8

monochromatic

#D3AE2C #DDC25E #E8D591 #F3E8C4 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#E8D591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D591

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D591	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.089 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e1b2',
    500: '#e8d591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d591;
$custom-light: #f0e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.897,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87312,
    "c": 0.08917,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D591

secondary

#5B72C2

accent

#40CD18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D591

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

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