#E8D65F#E8D65F

#E8D65F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D65F
RGB	rgb(232, 214, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 59.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -8.03, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 60.20, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0262 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.3931, 66.0775, 20.4500)
Luminance	0.6607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D65F #5F71E8

analogous

#E8925F #E8D65F #B6E85F

triadic

#E8D65F #5FE8D6 #D65FE8

tetradic

#E8D65F #5FE892 #5F71E8 #E85FB6

square

#E8D65F #5FE892 #5F71E8 #E85FB6

split-complementary

#E8D65F #5FB6E8 #925FE8

monochromatic

#B39F1A #E0C829 #E8D65F #F0E495 #F7F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E8D65F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#E8D65F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D65F

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D65F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D65F	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d65f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 214, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e291',
    500: '#e8d65f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d65f;
$custom-light: #f2e291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d65f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86825,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D65F

secondary

#3848B3

accent

#29D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D65F

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

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