#E8DD62#E8DD62

#E8DD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.144 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DD62
RGB	rgb(232, 221, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -11.34, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 61.45, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0353 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.144 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.3418, 69.7527, 21.7853)
Luminance	0.6975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DD62 #626DE8

analogous

#E89A62 #E8DD62 #B0E862

triadic

#E8DD62 #62E8DD #DD62E8

tetradic

#E8DD62 #62E89A #626DE8 #E862B0

square

#E8DD62 #62E89A #626DE8 #E862B0

split-complementary

#E8DD62 #62B0E8 #9A62E8

monochromatic

#B5A81B #E0D12D #E8DD62 #F0E997 #F8F4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#E8DD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DD62

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DD62	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 221, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.144 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e793',
    500: '#e8dd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dd62;
$custom-light: #f2e793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88295,
    "c": 0.14384,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DD62

secondary

#3943B5

accent

#1FD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DD62

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

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