#E8D85C#E8D85C

#E8D85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.144 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D85C
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -9.24, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 62.21, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.03 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.144 102)
XYZ	xyz(59.7686, 67.0426, 19.9153)
Luminance	0.6704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D85C #5C6CE8

analogous

#E8925C #E8D85C #B2E85C

triadic

#E8D85C #5CE8D8 #D85CE8

tetradic

#E8D85C #5CE892 #5C6CE8 #E85CB2

square

#E8D85C #5CE892 #5C6CE8 #E85CB2

split-complementary

#E8D85C #5CB2E8 #925CE8

monochromatic

#B19F19 #E0CB26 #E8D85C #F0E592 #F7F2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#E8D85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D85C

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D85C	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.144 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e38f',
    500: '#e8d85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d85c;
$custom-light: #f2e38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87205,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.6704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D85C

secondary

#3745B1

accent

#25D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D85C

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

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