#E8D657#E8D657

#E8D657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D657
RGB	rgb(232, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.97, -8.56, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.97, 63.62, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0286 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.0479, 65.9395, 18.6322)
Luminance	0.6594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D657 #5769E8

analogous

#E88E57 #E8D657 #B1E857

triadic

#E8D657 #57E8D6 #D657E8

tetradic

#E8D657 #57E88E #5769E8 #E857B1

square

#E8D657 #57E88E #5769E8 #E857B1

split-complementary

#E8D657 #57B1E8 #8E57E8

monochromatic

#AD9A18 #E1C921 #E8D657 #EFE38D #F7F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E8D657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#E8D657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D657

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D657	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e28c',
    500: '#e8d657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d657;
$custom-light: #f3e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.552,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86747,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D657

secondary

#3544AE

accent

#27D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D657

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

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