#E8DE62#E8DE62

#E8DE62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.145 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DE62
RGB	rgb(232, 222, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.14, -11.84, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.14, 61.83, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0367 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.145 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.6066, 70.2823, 21.8736)
Luminance	0.7028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DE62 #626CE8

analogous

#E89B62 #E8DE62 #AFE862

triadic

#E8DE62 #62E8DE #DE62E8

tetradic

#E8DE62 #62E89B #626CE8 #E862AF

square

#E8DE62 #62E89B #626CE8 #E862AF

split-complementary

#E8DE62 #62AFE8 #9B62E8

monochromatic

#B5AA1B #E0D32D #E8DE62 #F0E997 #F8F4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E8DE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#E8DE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DE62

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DE62	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8de62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 222, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.145 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e893',
    500: '#e8de62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8de62;
$custom-light: #f2e893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8de62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88501,
    "c": 0.1448,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DE62

secondary

#3942B5

accent

#1ED70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DE62

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

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