#E8D65B#E8D65B

#E8D65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D65B
RGB	rgb(232, 214, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -8.30, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 61.93, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% -0.0274 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(59.2159, 66.0067, 19.5169)
Luminance	0.6600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D65B #5B6DE8

analogous

#E88F5B #E8D65B #B4E85B

triadic

#E8D65B #5BE8D6 #D65BE8

tetradic

#E8D65B #5BE88F #5B6DE8 #E85BB4

square

#E8D65B #5BE88F #5B6DE8 #E85BB4

split-complementary

#E8D65B #5BB4E8 #8F5BE8

monochromatic

#B09D19 #E0C925 #E8D65B #F0E391 #F7F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E8D65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E8D65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D65B

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D65B	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)

#E8D04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 214, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e28e',
    500: '#e8d65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d65b;
$custom-light: #f2e28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86785,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.66004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D65B

secondary

#3746B1

accent

#28D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D65B

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

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