#E8DCA0#E8DCA0

#E8DCA0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.078 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DCA0
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 160)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 31%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -4.80, 31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 31.39, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89% -0.0111 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(89% 0.078 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.2177, 70.8819, 43.4969)
Luminance	0.7088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DCA0 #A0ACE8

analogous

#E8B8A0 #E8DCA0 #D0E8A0

triadic

#E8DCA0 #A0E8DC #DCA0E8

tetradic

#E8DCA0 #A0E8B8 #A0ACE8 #E8A0D0

square

#E8DCA0 #A0E8B8 #A0ACE8 #E8A0D0

split-complementary

#E8DCA0 #A0D0E8 #B8A0E8

monochromatic

#D0B83D #DCCA6F #E8DCA0 #F4EED1 #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E8DCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#E8DCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DCA0

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DCA0	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDDA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.078 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e6bc',
    500: '#e8dca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dca0;
$custom-light: #f0e6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88996,
    "c": 0.07843,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DCA0

secondary

#6978C3

accent

#39C91D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DCA0

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

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