#E8DD5C#E8DD5C

#E8DD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.149 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DD5C
RGB	rgb(232, 221, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.82, -11.75, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.82, 64.02, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0371 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.149 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.0691, 69.6436, 20.3488)
Luminance	0.6964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DD5C #5C67E8

analogous

#E8975C #E8DD5C #ADE85C

triadic

#E8DD5C #5CE8DD #DD5CE8

tetradic

#E8DD5C #5CE897 #5C67E8 #E85CAD

square

#E8DD5C #5CE897 #5C67E8 #E85CAD

split-complementary

#E8DD5C #5CADE8 #975CE8

monochromatic

#B1A519 #E0D226 #E8DD5C #F0E892 #F7F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E8DD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#E8DD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DD5C

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DD5C	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 221, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.149 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e78f',
    500: '#e8dd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dd5c;
$custom-light: #f2e78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88235,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DD5C

secondary

#3741B1

accent

#1ED70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DD5C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →