#E8D662#E8D662

#E8D662 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.137 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D662
RGB	rgb(232, 214, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -7.82, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 58.88, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.0252 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.137 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.5321, 66.1331, 21.1820)
Luminance	0.6613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D662 #6274E8

analogous

#E89362 #E8D662 #B7E862

triadic

#E8D662 #62E8D6 #D662E8

tetradic

#E8D662 #62E893 #6274E8 #E862B7

square

#E8D662 #62E893 #6274E8 #E862B7

split-complementary

#E8D662 #62B7E8 #9362E8

monochromatic

#B5A01B #E0C82D #E8D662 #F0E497 #F8F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E8D662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#E8D662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D662

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D662	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 214, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.137 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e292',
    500: '#e8d662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d662;
$custom-light: #f2e292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86857,
    "c": 0.13744,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D662

secondary

#394AB5

accent

#2AD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D662

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

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