#E8D860#E8D860

#E8D860 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D860
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -8.97, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 60.48, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.24% -0.0287 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(87.24% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.9481, 67.1144, 20.8607)
Luminance	0.6711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D860 #6070E8

analogous

#E89460 #E8D860 #B4E860

triadic

#E8D860 #60E8D8 #D860E8

tetradic

#E8D860 #60E894 #6070E8 #E860B4

square

#E8D860 #60E894 #6070E8 #E860B4

split-complementary

#E8D860 #60B4E8 #9460E8

monochromatic

#B4A21A #E0CB2B #E8D860 #F0E595 #F7F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#E8D860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D860

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D860	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)

#EAD253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e391',
    500: '#e8d860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d860;
$custom-light: #f2e391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87245,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D860

secondary

#3847B4

accent

#26D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D860

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

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