#E8D96B#E8D96B

#E8D96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.132 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D96B
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 107)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 53.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -8.66, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 55.93, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% -0.0266 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.132 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.7474, 67.8452, 23.8026)
Luminance	0.6784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D96B #6B7AE8

analogous

#E89B6B #E8D96B #B9E86B

triadic

#E8D96B #6BE8D9 #D96BE8

tetradic

#E8D96B #6BE89B #6B7AE8 #E86BB9

square

#E8D96B #6BE89B #6B7AE8 #E86BB9

split-complementary

#E8D96B #6BB9E8 #9B6BE8

monochromatic

#BBA81D #E0CB36 #E8D96B #F0E7A0 #F8F4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E8D96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#E8D96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D96B

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D96B	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.132 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e498',
    500: '#e8d96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d96b;
$custom-light: #f2e498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87572,
    "c": 0.13213,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D96B

secondary

#3C4CBB

accent

#28D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D96B

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

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