#E8D75D#E8D75D
#E8D75D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.143 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D75D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 215, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 59.9%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.28, -8.67, 60.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.28, 61.42, 98.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.01% -0.0282 0.1397) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.01% 0.143 101.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.5572, 66.5494, 20.0619) |
| Luminance | 0.6655 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.40
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.69
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.01
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.32
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.46
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D75D #5D6EE8
analogous
#E8915D #E8D75D #B3E85D
triadic
#E8D75D #5DE8D7 #D75DE8
tetradic
#E8D75D #5DE891 #5D6EE8 #E85DB3
square
#E8D75D #5DE891 #5D6EE8 #E85DB3
split-complementary
#E8D75D #5DB3E8 #915DE8
monochromatic
#B19F19 #E0CA27 #E8D75D #F0E493 #F7F1C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.47
#E8D75D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.31
#E8D75D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D75D
14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D75D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D75D | 1.00 | 1.47 | 14.31 | 14.31 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9D150
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED863
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8C9BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d75d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 215, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.143 101.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2e38f',
500: '#e8d75d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d75d; $custom-light: #f2e38f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d75d",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 215,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.662,
"s": 75.135,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8701,
"c": 0.14252,
"h": 101.4
},
"luminance": 0.66547
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D75D
secondary
#3746B2
accent
#27D70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F