#E8D978#E8D978

#E8D978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.120 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D978
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 48.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.08, -7.56, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.08, 49.87, 98.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0221 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.12 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4834, 68.1397, 27.6792)
Luminance	0.6814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D978 #7887E8

analogous

#E8A178 #E8D978 #BFE878

triadic

#E8D978 #78E8D9 #D978E8

tetradic

#E8D978 #78E8A1 #7887E8 #E878BF

square

#E8D978 #78E8A1 #7887E8 #E878BF

split-complementary

#E8D978 #78BFE8 #A178E8

monochromatic

#C4AE21 #DFCA44 #E8D978 #F1E8AC #FAF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E8D978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#E8D978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D978

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D978	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.120 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e4a1',
    500: '#e8d978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d978;
$custom-light: #f1e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87736,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D978

secondary

#4455C0

accent

#2CD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D978

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

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