#E8E151#E8E151

#E8E151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.161 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E151
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, -14.40, 68.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 69.94, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% -0.0458 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.161 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6914, 71.6024, 18.3540)
Luminance	0.7160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E151 #5158E8

analogous

#E89651 #E8E151 #A3E851

triadic

#E8E151 #51E8E1 #E151E8

tetradic

#E8E151 #51E896 #5158E8 #E851A3

square

#E8E151 #51E896 #5158E8 #E851A3

split-complementary

#E8E151 #51A3E8 #9651E8

monochromatic

#A8A216 #DED51D #E8E151 #EFEA87 #F6F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E8E151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#E8E151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E151

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E151	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.161 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea89',
    500: '#e8e151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e151;
$custom-light: #f3ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.219,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88967,
    "c": 0.16083,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E151

secondary

#3339AA

accent

#16D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E151

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

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