#E8D85B#E8D85B

#E8D85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.145 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D85B
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.52, -9.31, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.52, 62.63, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% -0.0303 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.145 102)
XYZ	xyz(59.7252, 67.0252, 19.6866)
Luminance	0.6702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D85B #5B6BE8

analogous

#E8915B #E8D85B #B2E85B

triadic

#E8D85B #5BE8D8 #D85BE8

tetradic

#E8D85B #5BE891 #5B6BE8 #E85BB2

square

#E8D85B #5BE891 #5B6BE8 #E85BB2

split-complementary

#E8D85B #5BB2E8 #915BE8

monochromatic

#B09F19 #E0CB25 #E8D85B #F0E591 #F7F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#E8D85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D85B

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D85B	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.145 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e38e',
    500: '#e8d85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d85b;
$custom-light: #f2e38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87195,
    "c": 0.14503,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.67023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D85B

secondary

#3744B1

accent

#25D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D85B

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

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