#E8D95B#E8D95B

#E8D95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.146 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D95B
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -9.81, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 62.99, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0317 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.146 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.9821, 67.5391, 19.7723)
Luminance	0.6754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D95B #5B6AE8

analogous

#E8925B #E8D95B #B0E85B

triadic

#E8D95B #5BE8D9 #D95BE8

tetradic

#E8D95B #5BE892 #5B6AE8 #E85BB0

square

#E8D95B #5BE892 #5B6AE8 #E85BB0

split-complementary

#E8D95B #5BB0E8 #925BE8

monochromatic

#B0A019 #E0CD25 #E8D95B #F0E591 #F7F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E8D95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#E8D95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D95B

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D95B	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.146 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e48e',
    500: '#e8d95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d95b;
$custom-light: #f2e48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87401,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D95B

secondary

#3744B1

accent

#23D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D95B

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

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