#E8DCAA#E8DCAA

#E8DCAA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.066 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DCAA
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 170)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 26.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.60, -3.52, 26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.60, 26.34, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.0071 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.066 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.1279, 71.2459, 48.2908)
Luminance	0.7124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DCAA #AAB6E8

analogous

#E8BDAA #E8DCAA #D5E8AA

triadic

#E8DCAA #AAE8DC #DCAAE8

tetradic

#E8DCAA #AAE8BD #AAB6E8 #E8AAD5

square

#E8DCAA #AAE8BD #AAB6E8 #E8AAD5

split-complementary

#E8DCAA #AAD5E8 #BDAAE8

monochromatic

#CEB44A #DBC87A #E8DCAA #F5F0DA #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E8DCAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#E8DCAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DCAA

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DCAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DCAA	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADDAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dcaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.066 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e6c3',
    500: '#e8dcaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dcaa;
$custom-light: #f0e6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dcaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89193,
    "c": 0.06643,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DCAA

secondary

#7382C3

accent

#40C521

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DCAA

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

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