#E8D85E#E8D85E

#E8D85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D85E
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.54, -9.11, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.54, 61.35, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.0293 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.8572, 67.0780, 20.3819)
Luminance	0.6708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D85E #5E6EE8

analogous

#E8935E #E8D85E #B3E85E

triadic

#E8D85E #5EE8D8 #D85EE8

tetradic

#E8D85E #5EE893 #5E6EE8 #E85EB3

square

#E8D85E #5EE893 #5E6EE8 #E85EB3

split-complementary

#E8D85E #5EB3E8 #935EE8

monochromatic

#B2A019 #E0CB28 #E8D85E #F0E594 #F7F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#E8D85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D85E

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D85E	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e390',
    500: '#e8d85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d85e;
$custom-light: #f2e390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87225,
    "c": 0.14258,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D85E

secondary

#3846B3

accent

#26D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D85E

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

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