#E8D96A#E8D96A

#E8D96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.133 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D96A
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 106)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 54.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -8.74, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 56.39, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.027 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.133 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.6951, 67.8243, 23.5271)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D96A #6A79E8

analogous

#E89A6A #E8D96A #B8E86A

triadic

#E8D96A #6AE8D9 #D96AE8

tetradic

#E8D96A #6AE89A #6A79E8 #E86AB8

square

#E8D96A #6AE89A #6A79E8 #E86AB8

split-complementary

#E8D96A #6AB8E8 #9A6AE8

monochromatic

#BBA81D #E0CB35 #E8D96A #F0E79F #F8F4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E8D96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#E8D96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D96A

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D96A	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)

#EAD35F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.133 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e498',
    500: '#e8d96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d96a;
$custom-light: #f2e498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8756,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D96A

secondary

#3C4BBA

accent

#28D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D96A

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

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