#E8D857#E8D857

#E8D857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.148 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D857
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -9.57, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 64.31, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.0314 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.148 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.5572, 66.9580, 18.8020)
Luminance	0.6696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D857 #5767E8

analogous

#E88F57 #E8D857 #B0E857

triadic

#E8D857 #57E8D8 #D857E8

tetradic

#E8D857 #57E88F #5767E8 #E857B0

square

#E8D857 #57E88F #5767E8 #E857B0

split-complementary

#E8D857 #57B0E8 #8F57E8

monochromatic

#AD9C18 #E1CC21 #E8D857 #EFE48D #F7F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E8D857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D857

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D857	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)

#EAD248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.148 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e38c',
    500: '#e8d857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d857;
$custom-light: #f3e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.379,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87157,
    "c": 0.14818,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D857

secondary

#3543AE

accent

#24D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D857

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

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