#E8E072#E8E072

#E8E072 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.132 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E072
RGB	rgb(232, 224, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.82, -11.59, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.82, 55.45, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0343 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.132 105)
XYZ	xyz(62.9733, 71.6839, 26.4355)
Luminance	0.7168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E072 #727AE8

analogous

#E8A572 #E8E072 #B5E872

triadic

#E8E072 #72E8E0 #E072E8

tetradic

#E8E072 #72E8A5 #727AE8 #E872B5

square

#E8E072 #72E8A5 #727AE8 #E872B5

split-complementary

#E8E072 #72B5E8 #A572E8

monochromatic

#C0B51F #DFD43D #E8E072 #F1ECA7 #F9F7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E8E072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E8E072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E072

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E072	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 224, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.132 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e99d',
    500: '#e8e072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e072;
$custom-light: #f1e99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89095,
    "c": 0.13237,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.71682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E072

secondary

#3F48BF

accent

#1FD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E072

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

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