#E8D779#E8D779

#E8D779 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.117 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D779
RGB	rgb(232, 215, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -6.46, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 48.63, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.34% -0.0188 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(87.34% 0.117 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0321, 67.1393, 27.8297)
Luminance	0.6714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D779 #798AE8

analogous

#E8A079 #E8D779 #C2E879

triadic

#E8D779 #79E8D7 #D779E8

tetradic

#E8D779 #79E8A0 #798AE8 #E879C2

square

#E8D779 #79E8A0 #798AE8 #E879C2

split-complementary

#E8D779 #79C2E8 #A079E8

monochromatic

#C5AC22 #DFC745 #E8D779 #F1E7AD #FAF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#E8D779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D779

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D779	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 215, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.117 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e3a1',
    500: '#e8d779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d779;
$custom-light: #f1e3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87342,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D779

secondary

#4558C0

accent

#30D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D779

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

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