#E8D96E#E8D96E

#E8D96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.129 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D96E
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 52.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -8.42, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 54.56, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0256 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9080, 67.9095, 24.6483)
Luminance	0.6791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D96E #6E7DE8

analogous

#E89C6E #E8D96E #BAE86E

triadic

#E8D96E #6EE8D9 #D96EE8

tetradic

#E8D96E #6EE89C #6E7DE8 #E86EBA

square

#E8D96E #6EE89C #6E7DE8 #E86EBA

split-complementary

#E8D96E #6EBAE8 #9C6EE8

monochromatic

#BEAA1E #E0CB39 #E8D96E #F0E7A3 #F9F5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E8D96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#E8D96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D96E

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D96E	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD364

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e49a',
    500: '#e8d96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d96e;
$custom-light: #f2e49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 72.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87608,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D96E

secondary

#3E4DBD

accent

#29D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D96E

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

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