#E8A840 — Yellow
#E8A840 is a yellow in the Yellow family. In practice it looks like a warm, balanced light butter yellow, and it is also commonly known as Butter Yellow, Lemon Chiffon. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.
#E8A840
Tints and shades (50–950)
Accessibility
Contrast on white
2.08:1
Contrast on black
10.11:1
- AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
- AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
- AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
- AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
- UI components (3:1) on whiteFail
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Complementary palette
Analogous palette
Triadic palette
Copy-ready CSS
brand-scale.css
:root {
--brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.01 75.8); /* #f9f5ee */
--brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.022 75.8); /* #f3e8da */
--brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.045 75.8); /* #ebd6b9 */
--brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.081 75.8); /* #dfba85 */
--brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.121 75.8); /* #cd9741 */
--brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.134 75.8); /* #b97e00 */
--brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.121 75.8); /* #a26e00 */
--brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.106 75.8); /* #875b00 */
--brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.093 75.8); /* #714b00 */
--brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.083 75.8); /* #603f00 */
--brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.059 75.8); /* #3a2400 */
}