#E8D962#E8D962

#E8D962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.140 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D962
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -9.33, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 59.97, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0295 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.14 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.2983, 67.6656, 21.4374)
Luminance	0.6766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D962 #6271E8

analogous

#E89662 #E8D962 #B4E862

triadic

#E8D962 #62E8D9 #D962E8

tetradic

#E8D962 #62E896 #6271E8 #E862B4

square

#E8D962 #62E896 #6271E8 #E862B4

split-complementary

#E8D962 #62B4E8 #9662E8

monochromatic

#B5A41B #E0CC2D #E8D962 #F0E697 #F8F3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E8D962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#E8D962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D962

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D962	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)

#EBD356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.140 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e493',
    500: '#e8d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d962;
$custom-light: #f2e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87471,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D962

secondary

#3947B5

accent

#25D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D962

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

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