#E8D964#E8D964

#E8D964 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.138 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D964
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 100)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 56.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -9.19, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 59.08, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0289 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.138 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3939, 67.7039, 21.9410)
Luminance	0.6770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D964 #6473E8

analogous

#E89764 #E8D964 #B5E864

triadic

#E8D964 #64E8D9 #D964E8

tetradic

#E8D964 #64E897 #6473E8 #E864B5

square

#E8D964 #64E897 #6473E8 #E864B5

split-complementary

#E8D964 #64B5E8 #9764E8

monochromatic

#B7A51B #E0CC2F #E8D964 #F0E699 #F8F3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E8D964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#E8D964 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D964

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D964	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)

#EBD358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.138 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e494',
    500: '#e8d964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d964;
$custom-light: #f2e494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 74.157,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87493,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D964

secondary

#3A48B6

accent

#26D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D964

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

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