#E8D862#E8D862

#E8D862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.139 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D862
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -8.83, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 59.60, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.27% -0.0281 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(87.27% 0.139 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0413, 67.1517, 21.3518)
Luminance	0.6715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D862 #6272E8

analogous

#E89562 #E8D862 #B5E862

triadic

#E8D862 #62E8D8 #D862E8

tetradic

#E8D862 #62E895 #6272E8 #E862B5

square

#E8D862 #62E895 #6272E8 #E862B5

split-complementary

#E8D862 #62B5E8 #9562E8

monochromatic

#B5A31B #E0CB2D #E8D862 #F0E597 #F8F3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#E8D862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D862

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D862	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)

#EAD256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.139 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e393',
    500: '#e8d862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d862;
$custom-light: #f2e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87266,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D862

secondary

#3948B5

accent

#27D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D862

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

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