#E8D966#E8D966

#E8D966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.137 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D966
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 102)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 56%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.88, -9.04, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.88, 58.19, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0283 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.137 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.4919, 67.7431, 22.4571)
Luminance	0.6774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D966 #6675E8

analogous

#E89866 #E8D966 #B6E866

triadic

#E8D966 #66E8D9 #D966E8

tetradic

#E8D966 #66E898 #6675E8 #E866B6

square

#E8D966 #66E898 #6675E8 #E866B6

split-complementary

#E8D966 #66B6E8 #9866E8

monochromatic

#B8A61C #E0CC31 #E8D966 #F0E69B #F8F3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E8D966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#E8D966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D966

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D966	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.137 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e495',
    500: '#e8d966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d966;
$custom-light: #f2e495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87515,
    "c": 0.13665,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D966

secondary

#3A49B8

accent

#26D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D966

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

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