#E8DCA2#E8DCA2

#E8DCA2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.076 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DCA2
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 162)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 30.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -4.55, 30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 30.39, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0103 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.076 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.3941, 70.9524, 44.4258)
Luminance	0.7095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DCA2 #A2AEE8

analogous

#E8B9A2 #E8DCA2 #D1E8A2

triadic

#E8DCA2 #A2E8DC #DCA2E8

tetradic

#E8DCA2 #A2E8B9 #A2AEE8 #E8A2D1

square

#E8DCA2 #A2E8B9 #A2AEE8 #E8A2D1

split-complementary

#E8DCA2 #A2D1E8 #B9A2E8

monochromatic

#D0B740 #DCCA71 #E8DCA2 #F4EED3 #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E8DCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#E8DCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DCA2

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DCA2	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D99E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDDA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.076 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e6be',
    500: '#e8dca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dca2;
$custom-light: #f0e6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89034,
    "c": 0.07605,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DCA2

secondary

#6B7AC3

accent

#3BC81D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DCA2

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

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