#E8D65C#E8D65C

#E8D65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.142 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D65C
RGB	rgb(232, 214, 92)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -8.24, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 61.50, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0271 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.142 101)
XYZ	xyz(59.2593, 66.0240, 19.7456)
Luminance	0.6602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D65C #5C6EE8

analogous

#E8905C #E8D65C #B4E85C

triadic

#E8D65C #5CE8D6 #D65CE8

tetradic

#E8D65C #5CE890 #5C6EE8 #E85CB4

square

#E8D65C #5CE890 #5C6EE8 #E85CB4

split-complementary

#E8D65C #5CB4E8 #905CE8

monochromatic

#B19D19 #E0C926 #E8D65C #F0E392 #F7F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E8D65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E8D65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D65C

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D65C	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)

#E8D04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 214, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.142 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e28f',
    500: '#e8d65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d65c;
$custom-light: #f2e28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86795,
    "c": 0.14247,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.66022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D65C

secondary

#3747B1

accent

#28D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D65C

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