#E8DD72#E8DD72

#E8DD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.129 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DD72
RGB	rgb(232, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.04, -10.10, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.04, 54.25, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(88.48% -0.03 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(88.48% 0.129 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.1742, 70.0856, 26.1691)
Luminance	0.7008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DD72 #727DE8

analogous

#E8A272 #E8DD72 #B8E872

triadic

#E8DD72 #72E8DD #DD72E8

tetradic

#E8DD72 #72E8A2 #727DE8 #E872B8

square

#E8DD72 #72E8A2 #727DE8 #E872B8

split-complementary

#E8DD72 #72B8E8 #A272E8

monochromatic

#C0B11F #DFD03D #E8DD72 #F1EAA7 #F9F6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#E8DD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DD72

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DD72	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.129 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e79d',
    500: '#e8dd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dd72;
$custom-light: #f1e79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88477,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DD72

secondary

#3F4BBF

accent

#24D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DD72

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

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