#E8DE45#E8DE45

#E8DE45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.166 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DE45
RGB	rgb(232, 222, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -13.54, 72.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 73.33, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(88.25% -0.0446 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(88.25% 0.166 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.4766, 69.8303, 15.9220)
Luminance	0.6983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DE45 #454FE8

analogous

#E88D45 #E8DE45 #A1E845

triadic

#E8DE45 #45E8DE #DE45E8

tetradic

#E8DE45 #45E88D #454FE8 #E845A1

square

#E8DE45 #45E88D #454FE8 #E845A1

split-complementary

#E8DE45 #45A1E8 #8D45E8

monochromatic

#9F9614 #D5CA1A #E8DE45 #EFE87B #F5F1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#E8DE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DE45

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DE45	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8de45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 222, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.166 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e882',
    500: '#e8de45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8de45;
$custom-light: #f3e882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8de45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.319,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88254,
    "c": 0.16596,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DE45

secondary

#2F37A2

accent

#3FF433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DE45

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

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