#E8DD5B#E8DD5B

#E8DD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.150 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DD5B
RGB	rgb(232, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.81, -11.81, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.81, 64.44, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0374 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.15 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.0257, 69.6262, 20.1201)
Luminance	0.6962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DD5B #5B66E8

analogous

#E8965B #E8DD5B #ACE85B

triadic

#E8DD5B #5BE8DD #DD5BE8

tetradic

#E8DD5B #5BE896 #5B66E8 #E85BAC

square

#E8DD5B #5BE896 #5B66E8 #E85BAC

split-complementary

#E8DD5B #5BACE8 #965BE8

monochromatic

#B0A419 #E0D225 #E8DD5B #F0E891 #F7F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E8DD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#E8DD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DD5B

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DD5B	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.150 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e78f',
    500: '#e8dd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dd5b;
$custom-light: #f2e78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88225,
    "c": 0.14959,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DD5B

secondary

#3740B1

accent

#1ED80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DD5B

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

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