#E8D62F#E8D62F

#E8D62F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.171 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D62F
RGB	rgb(232, 214, 47)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 79.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -10.42, 77.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 77.73, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0377 0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.171 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.8411, 65.4568, 12.2765)
Luminance	0.6545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D62F #2F41E8

analogous

#E8792F #E8D62F #9EE82F

triadic

#E8D62F #2FE8D6 #D62FE8

tetradic

#E8D62F #2FE879 #2F41E8 #E82F9E

square

#E8D62F #2FE879 #2F41E8 #E82F9E

split-complementary

#E8D62F #2F9EE8 #792FE8

monochromatic

#8D8110 #C4B316 #E8D62F #EEE166 #F4EC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D62F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#E8D62F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D62F

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D62F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D62F	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d62f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 214, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.171 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e277',
    500: '#e8d62f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d62f;
$custom-light: #f4e277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d62f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.162,
    "s": 80.087,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86471,
    "c": 0.17067,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D62F

secondary

#293392

accent

#44F731

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150A

muted

#86847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D62F

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

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