#E8DD45#E8DD45

#E8DD45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.165 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DD45
RGB	rgb(232, 221, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.65, -13.05, 71.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.65, 72.99, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0432 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.165 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.2118, 69.3007, 15.8338)
Luminance	0.6930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DD45 #4550E8

analogous

#E88C45 #E8DD45 #A2E845

triadic

#E8DD45 #45E8DD #DD45E8

tetradic

#E8DD45 #45E88C #4550E8 #E845A2

square

#E8DD45 #45E88C #4550E8 #E845A2

split-complementary

#E8DD45 #45A2E8 #8C45E8

monochromatic

#9F9614 #D5C91A #E8DD45 #EFE77B #F5F1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E8DD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#E8DD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DD45

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DD45	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 221, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.165 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e782',
    500: '#e8dd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dd45;
$custom-light: #f3e782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.951,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88046,
    "c": 0.16507,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DD45

secondary

#2F37A2

accent

#40F433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DD45

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

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