#E8D66E#E8D66E
#E8D66E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D66E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 214, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 52.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.19, -6.90, 52.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.19, 53.44, 97.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87% -0.0213 0.1248) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87% 0.127 99.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.1417, 66.3770, 24.3929) |
| Luminance | 0.6637 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.21
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.24
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.21
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.25
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.28
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D66E #6E80E8
analogous
#E8996E #E8D66E #BDE86E
triadic
#E8D66E #6EE8D6 #D66EE8
tetradic
#E8D66E #6EE899 #6E80E8 #E86EBD
square
#E8D66E #6EE899 #6E80E8 #E86EBD
split-complementary
#E8D66E #6EBDE8 #996EE8
monochromatic
#BEA61E #E0C739 #E8D66E #F0E5A3 #F9F4D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.47
#E8D66E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.27
#E8D66E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D66E
14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D66E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D66E | 1.00 | 1.47 | 14.27 | 14.27 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7D164
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD873
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C9BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d66e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 214, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.127 99.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2e29a',
500: '#e8d66e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d66e; $custom-light: #f2e29a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d66e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 214,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.148,
"s": 72.619,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86995,
"c": 0.1266,
"h": 99.7
},
"luminance": 0.66375
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D66E
secondary
#3E50BD
accent
#2ED511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F