#E8D596#E8D596

#E8D596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.084 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D596
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(46, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 35.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -2.43, 33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 33.65, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0048 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.084 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.5790, 66.9483, 38.4741)
Luminance	0.6695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D596 #96A9E8

analogous

#E8AC96 #E8D596 #D2E896

triadic

#E8D596 #96E8D5 #D596E8

tetradic

#E8D596 #96E8AC #96A9E8 #E896D2

square

#E8D596 #96E8AC #96A9E8 #E896D2

split-complementary

#E8D596 #96D2E8 #AC96E8

monochromatic

#D2AD32 #DDC164 #E8D596 #F3E9C8 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E8D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D596

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D596	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.084 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e1b5',
    500: '#e8d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d596;
$custom-light: #f0e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.098,
    "s": 64.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87401,
    "c": 0.0835,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D596

secondary

#6077C2

accent

#43CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D596

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

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