#E8D864#E8D864

#E8D864 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D864
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 100)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 56.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -8.69, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 58.72, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0275 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.1369, 67.1899, 21.8553)
Luminance	0.6719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D864 #6474E8

analogous

#E89664 #E8D864 #B6E864

triadic

#E8D864 #64E8D8 #D864E8

tetradic

#E8D864 #64E896 #6474E8 #E864B6

square

#E8D864 #64E896 #6474E8 #E864B6

split-complementary

#E8D864 #64B6E8 #9664E8

monochromatic

#B7A41B #E0CB2F #E8D864 #F0E599 #F8F3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E8D864 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#E8D864 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D864

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D864	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D864	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d864;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e394',
    500: '#e8d864',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d864;
$custom-light: #f2e394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d864",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 74.157,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87288,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D864

secondary

#3A49B6

accent

#27D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D864

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

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