#E8E063#E8E063

#E8E063 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.146 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E063
RGB	rgb(232, 224, 99)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 57.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -12.76, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 62.16, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0392 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.146 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.1885, 71.3700, 22.3019)
Luminance	0.7137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E063 #636BE8

analogous

#E89E63 #E8E063 #AEE863

triadic

#E8E063 #63E8E0 #E063E8

tetradic

#E8E063 #63E89E #636BE8 #E863AE

square

#E8E063 #63E89E #636BE8 #E863AE

split-complementary

#E8E063 #63AEE8 #9E63E8

monochromatic

#B6AC1B #E0D52E #E8E063 #F0EB98 #F8F5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E8E063 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E8E063 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E063

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E063	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E063	1.00	1.37	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.37	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)

#F1D956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e063;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 224, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.146 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e994',
    500: '#e8e063',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e063;
$custom-light: #f2e994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e063",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88925,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E063

secondary

#3941B6

accent

#1BD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E063

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

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