#E8E043#E8E043

#E8E043 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.169 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E043
RGB	rgb(232, 224, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 71.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.42, -14.62, 73.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.42, 74.71, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(88.66% -0.0478 0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(88.66% 0.169 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9499, 70.8745, 15.7787)
Luminance	0.7087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E043 #434BE8

analogous

#E88D43 #E8E043 #9DE843

triadic

#E8E043 #43E8E0 #E043E8

tetradic

#E8E043 #43E88D #434BE8 #E8439D

square

#E8E043 #43E88D #434BE8 #E8439D

split-complementary

#E8E043 #439DE8 #8D43E8

monochromatic

#9D9713 #D4CB1A #E8E043 #EFE97A #F5F2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E8E043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#E8E043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E043

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E043	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 224, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.169 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e981',
    500: '#e8e043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e043;
$custom-light: #f3e981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.091,
    "s": 78.199,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88657,
    "c": 0.16895,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E043

secondary

#2F34A0

accent

#3CF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E043

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

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