#E8D85F#E8D85F

#E8D85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.142 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D85F
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 59.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.55, -9.04, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.55, 60.91, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.24% -0.029 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(87.24% 0.142 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.9023, 67.0961, 20.6197)
Luminance	0.6709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D85F #5F6FE8

analogous

#E8945F #E8D85F #B3E85F

triadic

#E8D85F #5FE8D8 #D85FE8

tetradic

#E8D85F #5FE894 #5F6FE8 #E85FB3

square

#E8D85F #5FE894 #5F6FE8 #E85FB3

split-complementary

#E8D85F #5FB3E8 #945FE8

monochromatic

#B3A11A #E0CB29 #E8D85F #F0E595 #F7F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#E8D85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D85F

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D85F	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)

#EAD252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.142 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e391',
    500: '#e8d85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d85f;
$custom-light: #f2e391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87235,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D85F

secondary

#3846B3

accent

#26D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D85F

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

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