#E8DF51#E8DF51

#E8DF51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.159 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DF51
RGB	rgb(232, 223, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.25, -13.41, 67.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.25, 69.22, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.55% -0.043 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(88.55% 0.159 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.1539, 70.5274, 18.1748)
Luminance	0.7053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DF51 #515AE8

analogous

#E89451 #E8DF51 #A6E851

triadic

#E8DF51 #51E8DF #DF51E8

tetradic

#E8DF51 #51E894 #515AE8 #E851A6

square

#E8DF51 #51E894 #515AE8 #E851A6

split-complementary

#E8DF51 #51A6E8 #9451E8

monochromatic

#A8A016 #DED31D #E8DF51 #EFE987 #F6F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E8DF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#E8DF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DF51

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DF51	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8df51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 223, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.159 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e889',
    500: '#e8df51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8df51;
$custom-light: #f3e889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8df51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.424,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88551,
    "c": 0.15896,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DF51

secondary

#333AAA

accent

#19D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DF51

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

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