#E8D968#E8D968

#E8D968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.135 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D968
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 55.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -8.89, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 57.29, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0276 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.135 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.5923, 67.7832, 22.9858)
Luminance	0.6778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D968 #6877E8

analogous

#E89968 #E8D968 #B7E868

triadic

#E8D968 #68E8D9 #D968E8

tetradic

#E8D968 #68E899 #6877E8 #E868B7

square

#E8D968 #68E899 #6877E8 #E868B7

split-complementary

#E8D968 #68B7E8 #9968E8

monochromatic

#B9A71C #E0CC33 #E8D968 #F0E69D #F8F4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E8D968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#E8D968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D968

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D968	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.135 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e496',
    500: '#e8d968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d968;
$custom-light: #f2e496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87537,
    "c": 0.13486,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D968

secondary

#3B4AB9

accent

#27D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D968

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

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