#E8DC8A#E8DC8A

#E8DC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.104 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DC8A
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 40.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.08, -7.32, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.08, 42.36, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(88.61% -0.0198 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(88.61% 0.104 101)
XYZ	xyz(63.4606, 70.1790, 34.2428)
Luminance	0.7018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC8A #8A96E8

analogous

#E8AD8A #E8DC8A #C5E88A

triadic

#E8DC8A #8AE8DC #DC8AE8

tetradic

#E8DC8A #8AE8AD #8A96E8 #E88AC5

square

#E8DC8A #8AE8AD #8A96E8 #E88AC5

split-complementary

#E8DC8A #8AC5E8 #AD8AE8

monochromatic

#CFBA29 #DECD57 #E8DC8A #F2EBBD #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#E8DC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC8A

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC8A	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDD8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.104 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e6ad',
    500: '#e8dc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc8a;
$custom-light: #f1e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88612,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.70177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC8A

secondary

#5563C2

accent

#2ECF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC8A

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

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