#E8D970#E8D970

#E8D970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D970
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 51.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -8.25, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 53.63, 98.85°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0249 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0181, 67.9535, 25.2283)
Luminance	0.6795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D970 #707FE8

analogous

#E89D70 #E8D970 #BBE870

triadic

#E8D970 #70E8D9 #D970E8

tetradic

#E8D970 #70E89D #707FE8 #E870BB

square

#E8D970 #70E89D #707FE8 #E870BB

split-complementary

#E8D970 #70BBE8 #9D70E8

monochromatic

#BFAB1F #E0CB3B #E8D970 #F0E7A5 #F9F5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E8D970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#E8D970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D970

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D970	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e49c',
    500: '#e8d970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d970;
$custom-light: #f2e49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87632,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D970

secondary

#3E4EBE

accent

#2AD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D970

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

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