#E8DC5D#E8DC5D

#E8DC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.147 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DC5D
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.57, -11.18, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.57, 63.23, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0354 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.147 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.8499, 69.1347, 20.4928)
Luminance	0.6913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC5D #5D69E8

analogous

#E8965D #E8DC5D #AEE85D

triadic

#E8DC5D #5DE8DC #DC5DE8

tetradic

#E8DC5D #5DE896 #5D69E8 #E85DAE

square

#E8DC5D #5DE896 #5D69E8 #E85DAE

split-complementary

#E8DC5D #5DAEE8 #965DE8

monochromatic

#B1A419 #E0D027 #E8DC5D #F0E893 #F7F3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E8DC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#E8DC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC5D

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC5D	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.147 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e690',
    500: '#e8dc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc5d;
$custom-light: #f2e690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88038,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC5D

secondary

#3742B2

accent

#20D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC5D

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

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