#E8D679#E8D679

#E8D679 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.116 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D679
RGB	rgb(232, 214, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -5.95, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 48.26, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0174 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.116 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.7782, 66.6316, 27.7451)
Luminance	0.6663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D679 #798BE8

analogous

#E89F79 #E8D679 #C3E879

triadic

#E8D679 #79E8D6 #D679E8

tetradic

#E8D679 #79E89F #798BE8 #E879C3

square

#E8D679 #79E89F #798BE8 #E879C3

split-complementary

#E8D679 #79C3E8 #9F79E8

monochromatic

#C5AA22 #DFC645 #E8D679 #F1E6AD #FAF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E8D679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#E8D679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D679

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D679	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 214, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.116 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e2a1',
    500: '#e8d679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d679;
$custom-light: #f1e2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87139,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D679

secondary

#4559C0

accent

#32D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D679

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

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