#E8DC86#E8DC86

#E8DC86 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.108 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DC86
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 134)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 42.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.03, -7.73, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.03, 44.32, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.55% -0.0213 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(88.55% 0.108 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.1763, 70.0653, 32.7457)
Luminance	0.7006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC86 #8692E8

analogous

#E8AB86 #E8DC86 #C3E886

triadic

#E8DC86 #86E8DC #DC86E8

tetradic

#E8DC86 #86E8AB #8692E8 #E886C3

square

#E8DC86 #86E8AB #8692E8 #E886C3

split-complementary

#E8DC86 #86C3E8 #AB86E8

monochromatic

#CDB827 #DECD53 #E8DC86 #F2EBB9 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DC86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#E8DC86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC86

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC86	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD77F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDC8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.108 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e6aa',
    500: '#e8dc86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc86;
$custom-light: #f1e6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8855,
    "c": 0.10797,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC86

secondary

#515FC1

accent

#2CD016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC86

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

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