#E8D985#E8D985

#E8D985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.106 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D985
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 42.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -6.32, 43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 43.61, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% -0.0173 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.106 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.3266, 68.4769, 32.1200)
Luminance	0.6847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D985 #8594E8

analogous

#E8A885 #E8D985 #C6E885

triadic

#E8D985 #85E8D9 #D985E8

tetradic

#E8D985 #85E8A8 #8594E8 #E885C6

square

#E8D985 #85E8A8 #8594E8 #E885C6

split-complementary

#E8D985 #85C6E8 #A885E8

monochromatic

#CCB326 #DEC952 #E8D985 #F2E9B8 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E8D985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#E8D985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D985

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D985	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D47E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDA88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.106 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e4aa',
    500: '#e8d985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d985;
$custom-light: #f1e4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87924,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D985

secondary

#5061C1

accent

#32D015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D985

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

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