#E8DD60#E8DD60

#E8DD60 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	#E8DD60
RGB	rgb(232, 221, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.86, -11.48, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.86, 62.32, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.27% -0.0359 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(88.27% 0.146 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.2486, 69.7154, 21.2942)
Luminance	0.6971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DD60 #606BE8

analogous

#E89960 #E8DD60 #AFE860

triadic

#E8DD60 #60E8DD #DD60E8

tetradic

#E8DD60 #60E899 #606BE8 #E860AF

square

#E8DD60 #60E899 #606BE8 #E860AF

split-complementary

#E8DD60 #60AFE8 #9960E8

monochromatic

#B4A71A #E0D22B #E8DD60 #F0E895 #F7F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E8DD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#E8DD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DD60

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DD60	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)

#EFD652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 221, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.146 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e792',
    500: '#e8dd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dd60;
$custom-light: #f2e792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88274,
    "c": 0.14553,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DD60

secondary

#3842B4

accent

#1FD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DD60

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →