#E8DD46#E8DD46

#E8DD46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.164 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DD46
RGB	rgb(232, 221, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 69.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -13.00, 71.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 72.63, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0429 0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.164 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.2431, 69.3132, 15.9986)
Luminance	0.6931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DD46 #4651E8

analogous

#E88C46 #E8DD46 #A2E846

triadic

#E8DD46 #46E8DD #DD46E8

tetradic

#E8DD46 #46E88C #4651E8 #E846A2

square

#E8DD46 #46E88C #4651E8 #E846A2

split-complementary

#E8DD46 #46A2E8 #8C46E8

monochromatic

#A09614 #D6C91B #E8DD46 #EFE77C #F6F1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E8DD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#E8DD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DD46

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DD46	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)

#F0D52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 221, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.164 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e783',
    500: '#e8dd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dd46;
$custom-light: #f3e783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.926,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88053,
    "c": 0.16446,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DD46

secondary

#3038A2

accent

#41F433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DD46

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

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