#E8D74B#E8D74B

#E8D74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.156 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D74B
RGB	rgb(232, 215, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 67.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.13, -9.75, 68.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.13, 68.77, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0333 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.156 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.8516, 66.2671, 16.3461)
Luminance	0.6626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D74B #4B5CE8

analogous

#E8884B #E8D74B #ABE84B

triadic

#E8D74B #4BE8D7 #D74BE8

tetradic

#E8D74B #4BE888 #4B5CE8 #E84BAB

square

#E8D74B #4BE888 #4B5CE8 #E84BAB

split-complementary

#E8D74B #4BABE8 #884BE8

monochromatic

#A49415 #DAC51C #E8D74B #EFE381 #F6EFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E8D74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#E8D74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D74B

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D74B	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 215, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.156 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e385',
    500: '#e8d74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d74b;
$custom-light: #f3e385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.503,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8685,
    "c": 0.15602,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D74B

secondary

#313EA6

accent

#22DA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D74B

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

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