#E8DE46#E8DE46

#E8DE46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.165 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DE46
RGB	rgb(232, 222, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 69.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -13.49, 71.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 72.98, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0443 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.165 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.5079, 69.8428, 16.0869)
Luminance	0.6984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DE46 #4650E8

analogous

#E88D46 #E8DE46 #A1E846

triadic

#E8DE46 #46E8DE #DE46E8

tetradic

#E8DE46 #46E88D #4650E8 #E846A1

square

#E8DE46 #46E88D #4650E8 #E846A1

split-complementary

#E8DE46 #46A1E8 #8D46E8

monochromatic

#A09714 #D6CB1B #E8DE46 #EFE87C #F6F1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#E8DE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DE46

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DE46	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)

#F1D62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8de46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 222, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.165 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e883',
    500: '#e8de46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8de46;
$custom-light: #f3e883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8de46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.296,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88261,
    "c": 0.16535,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DE46

secondary

#3037A2

accent

#3FF433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DE46

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

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