#E8E04B#E8E04B

#E8E04B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.164 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E04B
RGB	rgb(232, 224, 75)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 67.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.47, -14.23, 70.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.47, 71.86, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.71% -0.0459 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(88.71% 0.164 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.2067, 70.9773, 17.1311)
Luminance	0.7097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E04B #4B53E8

analogous

#E8924B #E8E04B #A1E84B

triadic

#E8E04B #4BE8E0 #E04BE8

tetradic

#E8E04B #4BE892 #4B53E8 #E84BA1

square

#E8E04B #4BE892 #4B53E8 #E84BA1

split-complementary

#E8E04B #4BA1E8 #924BE8

monochromatic

#A49C15 #DAD01C #E8E04B #EFE981 #F6F3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E8E04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#E8E04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E04B

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E04B	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 224, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.164 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e986',
    500: '#e8e04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e04b;
$custom-light: #f3e986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.943,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88713,
    "c": 0.16397,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E04B

secondary

#3137A6

accent

#16DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E04B

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

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