#E8D899#E8D899

#E8D899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.083 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D899
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -3.61, 33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 33.30, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.06% -0.008 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(88.06% 0.083 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.5853, 68.5693, 40.0165)
Luminance	0.6857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D899 #99A9E8

analogous

#E8B099 #E8D899 #D0E899

triadic

#E8D899 #99E8D8 #D899E8

tetradic

#E8D899 #99E8B0 #99A9E8 #E899D0

square

#E8D899 #99E8B0 #99A9E8 #E899D0

split-complementary

#E8D899 #99D0E8 #B099E8

monochromatic

#D1B235 #DDC567 #E8D899 #F3EBCB #F9F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E8D899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#E8D899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D899

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D899	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.083 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e3b7',
    500: '#e8d899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d899;
$custom-light: #f0e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.848,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88059,
    "c": 0.08275,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D899

secondary

#6376C3

accent

#3ECB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D899

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

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