#E8DC5F#E8DC5F

#E8DC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.145 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DC5F
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 59.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.59, -11.05, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.59, 62.37, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(88.06% -0.0348 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(88.06% 0.145 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.9396, 69.1706, 20.9655)
Luminance	0.6917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC5F #5F6BE8

analogous

#E8985F #E8DC5F #AFE85F

triadic

#E8DC5F #5FE8DC #DC5FE8

tetradic

#E8DC5F #5FE898 #5F6BE8 #E85FAF

square

#E8DC5F #5FE898 #5F6BE8 #E85FAF

split-complementary

#E8DC5F #5FAFE8 #985FE8

monochromatic

#B3A51A #E0D029 #E8DC5F #F0E895 #F7F3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E8DC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#E8DC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC5F

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC5F	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)

#EED551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.145 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e691',
    500: '#e8dc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc5f;
$custom-light: #f2e691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88058,
    "c": 0.14542,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC5F

secondary

#3843B3

accent

#20D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC5F

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

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