#E8E045#E8E045

#E8E045 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.168 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E045
RGB	rgb(232, 224, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.44, -14.53, 72.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.44, 74.02, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% -0.0474 0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.168 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.0109, 70.8990, 16.1002)
Luminance	0.7090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E045 #454DE8

analogous

#E88F45 #E8E045 #9FE845

triadic

#E8E045 #45E8E0 #E045E8

tetradic

#E8E045 #45E88F #454DE8 #E8459F

square

#E8E045 #45E88F #454DE8 #E8459F

split-complementary

#E8E045 #459FE8 #8F45E8

monochromatic

#9F9814 #D5CC1A #E8E045 #EFE97B #F5F2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E8E045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#E8E045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E045

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E045	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D82A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 224, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.168 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e982',
    500: '#e8e045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e045;
$custom-light: #f3e982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.055,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8867,
    "c": 0.16776,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E045

secondary

#2F35A2

accent

#3DF433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E045

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

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