#E8DC62#E8DC62

#E8DC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.143 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DC62
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.62, -10.84, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.62, 61.07, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0338 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.143 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.0786, 69.2262, 21.6975)
Luminance	0.6922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC62 #626EE8

analogous

#E89962 #E8DC62 #B1E862

triadic

#E8DC62 #62E8DC #DC62E8

tetradic

#E8DC62 #62E899 #626EE8 #E862B1

square

#E8DC62 #62E899 #626EE8 #E862B1

split-complementary

#E8DC62 #62B1E8 #9962E8

monochromatic

#B5A71B #E0D02D #E8DC62 #F0E897 #F8F4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E8DC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#E8DC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC62

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC62	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)

#EED555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.143 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e693',
    500: '#e8dc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc62;
$custom-light: #f2e693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88089,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC62

secondary

#3944B5

accent

#21D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC62

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

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