#E8E145#E8E145

#E8E145 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.169 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E145
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.70, -15.02, 72.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.70, 74.37, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.0487 0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.169 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.2805, 71.4380, 16.1900)
Luminance	0.7144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E145 #454CE8

analogous

#E89045 #E8E145 #9EE845

triadic

#E8E145 #45E8E1 #E145E8

tetradic

#E8E145 #45E890 #454CE8 #E8459E

square

#E8E145 #45E890 #454CE8 #E8459E

split-complementary

#E8E145 #459EE8 #9045E8

monochromatic

#9F9914 #D5CD1A #E8E145 #EFEA7B #F5F3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E8E145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#E8E145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E145

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E145	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.169 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea82',
    500: '#e8e145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e145;
$custom-light: #f3ea82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.423,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88878,
    "c": 0.16867,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E145

secondary

#2F34A2

accent

#3CF433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E145

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

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