#E8DE5E#E8DE5E

#E8DE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.148 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DE5E
RGB	rgb(232, 222, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.10, -12.11, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.10, 63.55, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(88.46% -0.0379 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(88.46% 0.148 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.4225, 70.2086, 20.9036)
Luminance	0.7021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DE5E #5E68E8

analogous

#E8995E #E8DE5E #ADE85E

triadic

#E8DE5E #5EE8DE #DE5EE8

tetradic

#E8DE5E #5EE899 #5E68E8 #E85EAD

square

#E8DE5E #5EE899 #5E68E8 #E85EAD

split-complementary

#E8DE5E #5EADE8 #995EE8

monochromatic

#B2A719 #E0D328 #E8DE5E #F0E994 #F7F4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#E8DE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DE5E

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DE5E	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8de5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 222, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.148 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e890',
    500: '#e8de5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8de5e;
$custom-light: #f2e890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8de5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88461,
    "c": 0.14812,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DE5E

secondary

#3841B3

accent

#1DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DE5E

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

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