#E8DC50#E8DC50

#E8DC50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.157 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DC50
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.47, -11.98, 67.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.47, 68.54, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% -0.039 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.157 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.3222, 68.9237, 17.7140)
Luminance	0.6892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC50 #505CE8

analogous

#E89050 #E8DC50 #A8E850

triadic

#E8DC50 #50E8DC #DC50E8

tetradic

#E8DC50 #50E890 #505CE8 #E850A8

square

#E8DC50 #50E890 #505CE8 #E850A8

split-complementary

#E8DC50 #50A8E8 #9050E8

monochromatic

#A89C16 #DECE1D #E8DC50 #EFE786 #F6F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E8DC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#E8DC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC50

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC50	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.157 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e688',
    500: '#e8dc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc50;
$custom-light: #f3e688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87921,
    "c": 0.15693,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC50

secondary

#333CA9

accent

#1DD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC50

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

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