#E8ED5D#E8ED5D

#E8ED5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.164 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8ED5D
RGB	rgb(232, 237, 93)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.01, -19.54, 67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.01, 69.84, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0591 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.164 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.5405, 78.5161, 22.0564)
Luminance	0.7851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8ED5D #625DED

analogous

#EDAA5D #E8ED5D #A0ED5D

triadic

#E8ED5D #5DE8ED #ED5DE8

tetradic

#E8ED5D #5DEDAA #625DED #ED5DA0

square

#E8ED5D #5DEDAA #625DED #ED5DA0

split-complementary

#E8ED5D #5DA0ED #AA5DED

monochromatic

#B5BB15 #E0E726 #E8ED5D #F0F394 #F8F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8ED5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#E8ED5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8ED5D

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8ED5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8ED5D	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ed5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 237, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.164 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f291',
    500: '#e8ed5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ed5d;
$custom-light: #f2f291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ed5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.083,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9158,
    "c": 0.16396,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8ED5D

secondary

#3934BA

accent

#09DC11

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8ED5D

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

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