#E8DE50#E8DE50

#E8DE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.159 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DE50
RGB	rgb(232, 222, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.99, -12.97, 68.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.99, 69.25, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(88.34% -0.0419 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(88.34% 0.159 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.8503, 69.9797, 17.8900)
Luminance	0.6998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DE50 #505AE8

analogous

#E89250 #E8DE50 #A6E850

triadic

#E8DE50 #50E8DE #DE50E8

tetradic

#E8DE50 #50E892 #505AE8 #E850A6

square

#E8DE50 #50E892 #505AE8 #E850A6

split-complementary

#E8DE50 #50A6E8 #9250E8

monochromatic

#A89E16 #DED11D #E8DE50 #EFE886 #F6F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#E8DE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DE50

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DE50	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8de50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 222, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.159 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e888',
    500: '#e8de50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8de50;
$custom-light: #f3e888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8de50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.053,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88336,
    "c": 0.15874,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DE50

secondary

#333BA9

accent

#1AD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DE50

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →