#E8D960#E8D960

#E8D960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.142 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D960
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -9.47, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 60.84, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0302 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.142 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.2050, 67.6283, 20.9463)
Luminance	0.6763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D960 #606FE8

analogous

#E89560 #E8D960 #B3E860

triadic

#E8D960 #60E8D9 #D960E8

tetradic

#E8D960 #60E895 #606FE8 #E860B3

square

#E8D960 #60E895 #606FE8 #E860B3

split-complementary

#E8D960 #60B3E8 #9560E8

monochromatic

#B4A31A #E0CC2B #E8D960 #F0E695 #F7F3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E8D960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#E8D960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D960

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D960	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.142 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e491',
    500: '#e8d960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d960;
$custom-light: #f2e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8745,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D960

secondary

#3846B4

accent

#25D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D960

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

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