#E8E060#E8E060

#E8E060 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.148 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E060
RGB	rgb(232, 224, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.64, -12.97, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.64, 63.45, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.9% -0.0401 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(88.9% 0.148 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0477, 71.3137, 21.5605)
Luminance	0.7131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E060 #6068E8

analogous

#E89C60 #E8E060 #ACE860

triadic

#E8E060 #60E8E0 #E060E8

tetradic

#E8E060 #60E89C #6068E8 #E860AC

square

#E8E060 #60E89C #6068E8 #E860AC

split-complementary

#E8E060 #60ACE8 #9C60E8

monochromatic

#B4AB1A #E0D62B #E8E060 #F0EA95 #F7F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E8E060 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#E8E060 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E060

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E060	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E060	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e060;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 224, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.148 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e992',
    500: '#e8e060',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e060;
$custom-light: #f2e992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e060",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88895,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E060

secondary

#3840B4

accent

#1AD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E060

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

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