#E8DE5A#E8DE5A

#E8DE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.151 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DE5A
RGB	rgb(232, 222, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -12.37, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 65.23, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0391 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.151 105)
XYZ	xyz(61.2476, 70.1387, 19.9827)
Luminance	0.7014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DE5A #5A64E8

analogous

#E8975A #E8DE5A #ABE85A

triadic

#E8DE5A #5AE8DE #DE5AE8

tetradic

#E8DE5A #5AE897 #5A64E8 #E85AAB

square

#E8DE5A #5AE897 #5A64E8 #E85AAB

split-complementary

#E8DE5A #5AABE8 #975AE8

monochromatic

#AFA518 #E1D324 #E8DE5A #EFE990 #F7F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#E8DE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DE5A

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DE5A	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8de5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 222, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.151 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e88e',
    500: '#e8de5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8de5a;
$custom-light: #f2e88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8de5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88423,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.70137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DE5A

secondary

#363FB0

accent

#1CD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DE5A

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

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