#E8E161#E8E161

#E8E161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.149 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E161
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.91, -13.40, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.91, 63.41, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.0412 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.149 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.3636, 71.8713, 21.8944)
Luminance	0.7187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E161 #6168E8

analogous

#E89E61 #E8E161 #ACE861

triadic

#E8E161 #61E8E1 #E161E8

tetradic

#E8E161 #61E89E #6168E8 #E861AC

square

#E8E161 #61E89E #6168E8 #E861AC

split-complementary

#E8E161 #61ACE8 #9E61E8

monochromatic

#B4AC1A #E0D72C #E8E161 #F0EB96 #F8F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E8E161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E8E161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E161

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E161	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.149 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea92',
    500: '#e8e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e161;
$custom-light: #f2ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89112,
    "c": 0.14855,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E161

secondary

#393FB5

accent

#19D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E161

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

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