#E8DD5D#E8DD5D

#E8DD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.148 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DD5D
RGB	rgb(232, 221, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.83, -11.68, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.83, 63.60, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0368 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.148 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.1131, 69.6612, 20.5806)
Luminance	0.6966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DD5D #5D68E8

analogous

#E8975D #E8DD5D #ADE85D

triadic

#E8DD5D #5DE8DD #DD5DE8

tetradic

#E8DD5D #5DE897 #5D68E8 #E85DAD

square

#E8DD5D #5DE897 #5D68E8 #E85DAD

split-complementary

#E8DD5D #5DADE8 #975DE8

monochromatic

#B1A519 #E0D227 #E8DD5D #F0E893 #F7F3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E8DD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#E8DD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DD5D

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DD5D	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)

#EFD64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.148 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e790',
    500: '#e8dd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dd5d;
$custom-light: #f2e790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88245,
    "c": 0.14799,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DD5D

secondary

#3741B2

accent

#1ED70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DD5D

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

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