#E8D74F#E8D74F

#E8D74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.153 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D74F
RGB	rgb(232, 215, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 65.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.16, -9.54, 66.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.16, 67.21, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0322 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.153 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.9929, 66.3236, 17.0899)
Luminance	0.6632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D74F #4F60E8

analogous

#E88A4F #E8D74F #ACE84F

triadic

#E8D74F #4FE8D7 #D74FE8

tetradic

#E8D74F #4FE88A #4F60E8 #E84FAC

square

#E8D74F #4FE88A #4F60E8 #E84FAC

split-complementary

#E8D74F #4FACE8 #8A4FE8

monochromatic

#A79716 #DDC81D #E8D74F #EFE385 #F6F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E8D74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#E8D74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D74F

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D74F	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 215, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.153 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e387',
    500: '#e8d74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d74f;
$custom-light: #f3e387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 76.884,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86882,
    "c": 0.15325,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D74F

secondary

#3340A9

accent

#23D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D74F

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

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