#E8D868#E8D868

#E8D868 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D868
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 55.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -8.39, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 56.92, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.0262 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.3353, 67.2693, 22.9001)
Luminance	0.6727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D868 #6878E8

analogous

#E89868 #E8D868 #B8E868

triadic

#E8D868 #68E8D8 #D868E8

tetradic

#E8D868 #68E898 #6878E8 #E868B8

square

#E8D868 #68E898 #6878E8 #E868B8

split-complementary

#E8D868 #68B8E8 #9868E8

monochromatic

#B9A61C #E0CA33 #E8D868 #F0E69D #F8F3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E8D868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#E8D868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D868

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D868	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e396',
    500: '#e8d868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d868;
$custom-light: #f2e396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87332,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D868

secondary

#3B4BB9

accent

#29D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D868

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

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