#E8D950#E8D950

#E8D950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.154 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D950
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -10.48, 66.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 67.50, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0348 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.154 103)
XYZ	xyz(59.5419, 67.3631, 17.4539)
Luminance	0.6736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D950 #505FE8

analogous

#E88D50 #E8D950 #ABE850

triadic

#E8D950 #50E8D9 #D950E8

tetradic

#E8D950 #50E88D #505FE8 #E850AB

square

#E8D950 #50E88D #505FE8 #E850AB

split-complementary

#E8D950 #50ABE8 #8D50E8

monochromatic

#A89916 #DECB1D #E8D950 #EFE586 #F6F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E8D950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#E8D950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D950

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D950	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.154 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e488',
    500: '#e8d950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d950;
$custom-light: #f3e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.079,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87302,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.67361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D950

secondary

#333FA9

accent

#21D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D950

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

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