#E8D65A#E8D65A
#E8D65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.144 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D65A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 214, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 61.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.99, -8.37, 61.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.99, 62.36, 97.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.78% -0.0277 0.1414) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.78% 0.144 101.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.1730, 65.9895, 19.2912) |
| Luminance | 0.6599 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.45
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.67
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.16
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.35
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.35
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D65A #5A6CE8
analogous
#E88F5A #E8D65A #B3E85A
triadic
#E8D65A #5AE8D6 #D65AE8
tetradic
#E8D65A #5AE88F #5A6CE8 #E85AB3
square
#E8D65A #5AE88F #5A6CE8 #E85AB3
split-complementary
#E8D65A #5AB3E8 #8F5AE8
monochromatic
#AF9C18 #E1C924 #E8D65A #EFE390 #F7F1C5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#E8D65A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.20
#E8D65A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D65A
14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D65A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D65A | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.20 | 14.20 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8D04C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED761
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9C8BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d65a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 214, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.144 101.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2e28d',
500: '#e8d65a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d65a; $custom-light: #f2e28d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d65a",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 214,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.394,
"s": 75.532,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86775,
"c": 0.14408,
"h": 101.1
},
"luminance": 0.65987
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D65A
secondary
#3646B0
accent
#27D80E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F