#E8DC5A#E8DC5A

#E8DC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.149 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DC5A
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.54, -11.38, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.54, 64.49, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0363 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.149 104)
XYZ	xyz(60.7196, 69.0826, 19.8067)
Luminance	0.6908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC5A #5A66E8

analogous

#E8955A #E8DC5A #ADE85A

triadic

#E8DC5A #5AE8DC #DC5AE8

tetradic

#E8DC5A #5AE895 #5A66E8 #E85AAD

square

#E8DC5A #5AE895 #5A66E8 #E85AAD

split-complementary

#E8DC5A #5AADE8 #955AE8

monochromatic

#AFA218 #E1D124 #E8DC5A #EFE790 #F7F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E8DC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E8DC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC5A

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC5A	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.149 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e68e',
    500: '#e8dc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc5a;
$custom-light: #f2e68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88009,
    "c": 0.14945,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.6908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC5A

secondary

#3641B0

accent

#1FD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC5A

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

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