#E8DC46#E8DC46

#E8DC46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.164 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DC46
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 69.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -12.50, 71.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 72.29, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0415 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.164 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.9799, 68.7867, 15.9109)
Luminance	0.6878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC46 #4652E8

analogous

#E88B46 #E8DC46 #A3E846

triadic

#E8DC46 #46E8DC #DC46E8

tetradic

#E8DC46 #46E88B #4652E8 #E846A3

square

#E8DC46 #46E88B #4652E8 #E846A3

split-complementary

#E8DC46 #46A3E8 #8B46E8

monochromatic

#A09514 #D6C81B #E8DC46 #EFE67C #F6F1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E8DC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#E8DC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC46

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC46	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.164 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e682',
    500: '#e8dc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc46;
$custom-light: #f3e682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87846,
    "c": 0.16357,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC46

secondary

#3038A2

accent

#42F433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC46

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

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