#E8D595#E8D595

#E8D595 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.085 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D595
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 149)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 35.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, -2.54, 34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 34.15, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(87.38% -0.0052 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(87.38% 0.085 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.4989, 66.9162, 38.0518)
Luminance	0.6691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D595 #95A8E8

analogous

#E8AC95 #E8D595 #D2E895

triadic

#E8D595 #95E8D5 #D595E8

tetradic

#E8D595 #95E8AC #95A8E8 #E895D2

square

#E8D595 #95E8AC #95A8E8 #E895D2

split-complementary

#E8D595 #95D2E8 #AC95E8

monochromatic

#D2AD30 #DDC163 #E8D595 #F3E9C7 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#E8D595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D595

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D595	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.085 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e1b4',
    500: '#e8d595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d595;
$custom-light: #f0e1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.265,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87383,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D595

secondary

#5F76C2

accent

#42CC19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D595

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

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