#E8D86A#E8D86A

#E8D86A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.132 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D86A
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 106)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 54.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.66, -8.23, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.66, 56.02, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(87.36% -0.0255 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(87.36% 0.132 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.4381, 67.3104, 23.4415)
Luminance	0.6731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D86A #6A7AE8

analogous

#E8996A #E8D86A #B9E86A

triadic

#E8D86A #6AE8D8 #D86AE8

tetradic

#E8D86A #6AE899 #6A7AE8 #E86AB9

square

#E8D86A #6AE899 #6A7AE8 #E86AB9

split-complementary

#E8D86A #6AB9E8 #996AE8

monochromatic

#BBA71D #E0CA35 #E8D86A #F0E69F #F8F4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E8D86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#E8D86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D86A

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D86A	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D25F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.132 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e398',
    500: '#e8d86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d86a;
$custom-light: #f2e398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87355,
    "c": 0.13213,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D86A

secondary

#3C4CBA

accent

#29D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D86A

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

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