#E8D861#E8D861

#E8D861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.140 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D861
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -8.90, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 60.04, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0284 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.14 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.9944, 67.1329, 21.1047)
Luminance	0.6713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D861 #6171E8

analogous

#E89561 #E8D861 #B5E861

triadic

#E8D861 #61E8D8 #D861E8

tetradic

#E8D861 #61E895 #6171E8 #E861B5

square

#E8D861 #61E895 #6171E8 #E861B5

split-complementary

#E8D861 #61B5E8 #9561E8

monochromatic

#B4A21A #E0CB2C #E8D861 #F0E596 #F8F2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#E8D861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D861

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D861	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.140 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e392',
    500: '#e8d861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d861;
$custom-light: #f2e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87256,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D861

secondary

#3947B5

accent

#26D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D861

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

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