#E8DC61#E8DC61

#E8DC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.144 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DC61
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.61, -10.91, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.61, 61.51, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.0342 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.144 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.0317, 69.2074, 21.4504)
Luminance	0.6921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC61 #616DE8

analogous

#E89961 #E8DC61 #B0E861

triadic

#E8DC61 #61E8DC #DC61E8

tetradic

#E8DC61 #61E899 #616DE8 #E861B0

square

#E8DC61 #61E899 #616DE8 #E861B0

split-complementary

#E8DC61 #61B0E8 #9961E8

monochromatic

#B4A71A #E0D02C #E8DC61 #F0E896 #F8F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E8DC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#E8DC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC61

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC61	1.00	1.41	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.144 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e692',
    500: '#e8dc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc61;
$custom-light: #f2e692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88078,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC61

secondary

#3944B5

accent

#21D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC61

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

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