#E8DC5C#E8DC5C

#E8DC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.148 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DC5C
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -11.25, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 63.65, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.03% -0.0357 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(88.03% 0.148 104)
XYZ	xyz(60.8058, 69.1171, 20.2611)
Luminance	0.6912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC5C #5C68E8

analogous

#E8965C #E8DC5C #AEE85C

triadic

#E8DC5C #5CE8DC #DC5CE8

tetradic

#E8DC5C #5CE896 #5C68E8 #E85CAE

square

#E8DC5C #5CE896 #5C68E8 #E85CAE

split-complementary

#E8DC5C #5CAEE8 #965CE8

monochromatic

#B1A419 #E0D026 #E8DC5C #F0E892 #F7F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E8DC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E8DC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC5C

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC5C	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)

#EED54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.148 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e68f',
    500: '#e8dc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc5c;
$custom-light: #f2e68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88028,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.69115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC5C

secondary

#3741B1

accent

#1FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC5C

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

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