#E8DE5F#E8DE5F

#E8DE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.147 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DE5F
RGB	rgb(232, 222, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 59.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.11, -12.04, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.11, 63.12, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.47% -0.0376 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(88.47% 0.147 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.4676, 70.2267, 21.1415)
Luminance	0.7023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DE5F #5F69E8

analogous

#E89A5F #E8DE5F #AEE85F

triadic

#E8DE5F #5FE8DE #DE5FE8

tetradic

#E8DE5F #5FE89A #5F69E8 #E85FAE

square

#E8DE5F #5FE89A #5F69E8 #E85FAE

split-complementary

#E8DE5F #5FAEE8 #9A5FE8

monochromatic

#B3A81A #E0D329 #E8DE5F #F0E995 #F7F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#E8DE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DE5F

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DE5F	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8de5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 222, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.147 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e891',
    500: '#e8de5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8de5f;
$custom-light: #f2e891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8de5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88471,
    "c": 0.1473,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DE5F

secondary

#3841B3

accent

#1DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DE5F

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

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