#E8DD5F#E8DD5F

#E8DD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.146 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DD5F
RGB	rgb(232, 221, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 59.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -11.55, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 62.74, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0362 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.146 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.2028, 69.6971, 21.0532)
Luminance	0.6969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DD5F #5F6AE8

analogous

#E8985F #E8DD5F #AFE85F

triadic

#E8DD5F #5FE8DD #DD5FE8

tetradic

#E8DD5F #5FE898 #5F6AE8 #E85FAF

square

#E8DD5F #5FE898 #5F6AE8 #E85FAF

split-complementary

#E8DD5F #5FAFE8 #985FE8

monochromatic

#B3A71A #E0D229 #E8DD5F #F0E895 #F7F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E8DD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#E8DD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DD5F

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DD5F	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 221, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.146 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e791',
    500: '#e8dd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dd5f;
$custom-light: #f2e791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88264,
    "c": 0.14636,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DD5F

secondary

#3842B3

accent

#1FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DD5F

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

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