#E8D856#E8D856

#E8D856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.149 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D856
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -9.63, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 64.73, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.0317 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.149 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.5166, 66.9418, 18.5883)
Luminance	0.6694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D856 #5666E8

analogous

#E88F56 #E8D856 #AFE856

triadic

#E8D856 #56E8D8 #D856E8

tetradic

#E8D856 #56E88F #5666E8 #E856AF

square

#E8D856 #56E88F #5666E8 #E856AF

split-complementary

#E8D856 #56AFE8 #8F56E8

monochromatic

#AC9C17 #E1CC20 #E8D856 #EFE48C #F7F1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E8D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D856

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D856	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.149 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e38b',
    500: '#e8d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d856;
$custom-light: #f3e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.425,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87148,
    "c": 0.14896,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D856

secondary

#3542AD

accent

#24D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D856

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

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