#E8DC5B#E8DC5B

#E8DC5B 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	#E8DC5B
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.55, -11.31, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.55, 64.07, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.02% -0.036 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(88.02% 0.149 104)
XYZ	xyz(60.7624, 69.0997, 20.0324)
Luminance	0.6910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC5B #5B67E8

analogous

#E8955B #E8DC5B #ADE85B

triadic

#E8DC5B #5BE8DC #DC5BE8

tetradic

#E8DC5B #5BE895 #5B67E8 #E85BAD

square

#E8DC5B #5BE895 #5B67E8 #E85BAD

split-complementary

#E8DC5B #5BADE8 #955BE8

monochromatic

#B0A319 #E0D125 #E8DC5B #F0E791 #F7F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E8DC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E8DC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC5B

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC5B	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)

#EED54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.149 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e68e',
    500: '#e8dc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc5b;
$custom-light: #f2e68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88019,
    "c": 0.14866,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.69098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC5B

secondary

#3741B1

accent

#1FD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC5B

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

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