#E8D963#E8D963

#E8D963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.139 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D963
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 99)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 57.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -9.26, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 59.52, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.0292 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.139 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3458, 67.6846, 21.6877)
Luminance	0.6768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D963 #6372E8

analogous

#E89663 #E8D963 #B5E863

triadic

#E8D963 #63E8D9 #D963E8

tetradic

#E8D963 #63E896 #6372E8 #E863B5

square

#E8D963 #63E896 #6372E8 #E863B5

split-complementary

#E8D963 #63B5E8 #9663E8

monochromatic

#B6A41B #E0CC2E #E8D963 #F0E698 #F8F3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E8D963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#E8D963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D963

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D963	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.139 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e493',
    500: '#e8d963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d963;
$custom-light: #f2e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87482,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D963

secondary

#3947B6

accent

#26D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D963

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

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