#E8DE61#E8DE61

#E8DE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.146 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DE61
RGB	rgb(232, 222, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.13, -11.91, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.13, 62.26, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.49% -0.037 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(88.49% 0.146 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.5597, 70.2635, 21.6264)
Luminance	0.7026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DE61 #616BE8

analogous

#E89B61 #E8DE61 #AEE861

triadic

#E8DE61 #61E8DE #DE61E8

tetradic

#E8DE61 #61E89B #616BE8 #E861AE

square

#E8DE61 #61E89B #616BE8 #E861AE

split-complementary

#E8DE61 #61AEE8 #9B61E8

monochromatic

#B4A91A #E0D32C #E8DE61 #F0E996 #F8F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#E8DE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DE61

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DE61	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8de61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 222, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.146 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e892',
    500: '#e8de61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8de61;
$custom-light: #f2e892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8de61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88491,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DE61

secondary

#3942B5

accent

#1ED70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DE61

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

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