#E8E061#E8E061

#E8E061 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 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E061
RGB	rgb(232, 224, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.65, -12.90, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.65, 63.02, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.91% -0.0398 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(88.91% 0.148 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0941, 71.3322, 21.8046)
Luminance	0.7133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E061 #6169E8

analogous

#E89C61 #E8E061 #ADE861

triadic

#E8E061 #61E8E0 #E061E8

tetradic

#E8E061 #61E89C #6169E8 #E861AD

square

#E8E061 #61E89C #6169E8 #E861AD

split-complementary

#E8E061 #61ADE8 #9C61E8

monochromatic

#B4AB1A #E0D62C #E8E061 #F0EA96 #F8F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E8E061 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E8E061 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E061

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E061	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E061	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e061;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 224, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.148 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e992',
    500: '#e8e061',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e061;
$custom-light: #f2e992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e061",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88905,
    "c": 0.14757,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E061

secondary

#3940B5

accent

#1BD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E061

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

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