#E8D75E#E8D75E

#E8D75E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D75E
RGB	rgb(232, 215, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -8.61, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 60.99, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0279 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.6018, 66.5672, 20.2967)
Luminance	0.6656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D75E #5E6FE8

analogous

#E8925E #E8D75E #B4E85E

triadic

#E8D75E #5EE8D7 #D75EE8

tetradic

#E8D75E #5EE892 #5E6FE8 #E85EB4

square

#E8D75E #5EE892 #5E6FE8 #E85EB4

split-complementary

#E8D75E #5EB4E8 #925EE8

monochromatic

#B29F19 #E0CA28 #E8D75E #F0E494 #F7F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E8D75E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#E8D75E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D75E

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D75E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D75E	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)

#E9D151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d75e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 215, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e390',
    500: '#e8d75e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d75e;
$custom-light: #f2e390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d75e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8702,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D75E

secondary

#3847B3

accent

#27D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D75E

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

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