#E8D65E#E8D65E

#E8D65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.141 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D65E
RGB	rgb(232, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.03, -8.10, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.03, 60.64, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0265 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.141 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.3479, 66.0595, 20.2121)
Luminance	0.6606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D65E #5E70E8

analogous

#E8915E #E8D65E #B5E85E

triadic

#E8D65E #5EE8D6 #D65EE8

tetradic

#E8D65E #5EE891 #5E70E8 #E85EB5

square

#E8D65E #5EE891 #5E70E8 #E85EB5

split-complementary

#E8D65E #5EB5E8 #915EE8

monochromatic

#B29E19 #E0C828 #E8D65E #F0E494 #F7F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E8D65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#E8D65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D65E

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D65E	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.141 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e290',
    500: '#e8d65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d65e;
$custom-light: #f2e290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86815,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D65E

secondary

#3848B3

accent

#29D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D65E

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

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