#E8D690#E8D690

#E8D690 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.091 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D690
RGB	rgb(232, 214, 144)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 37.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -3.62, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 37.02, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0086 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.091 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.3605, 67.2645, 36.0786)
Luminance	0.6726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D690 #90A2E8

analogous

#E8AA90 #E8D690 #CEE890

triadic

#E8D690 #90E8D6 #D690E8

tetradic

#E8D690 #90E8AA #90A2E8 #E890CE

square

#E8D690 #90E8AA #90A2E8 #E890CE

split-complementary

#E8D690 #90CEE8 #AA90E8

monochromatic

#D2B02C #DDC35D #E8D690 #F3E9C3 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E8D690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#E8D690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D690

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D690	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D38B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 214, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.091 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e2b1',
    500: '#e8d690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d690;
$custom-light: #f0e2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87496,
    "c": 0.09118,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D690

secondary

#5A6FC2

accent

#3DCE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D690

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

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