#E8E162#E8E162

#E8E162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.148 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E162
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, -13.33, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 62.98, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0409 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.148 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.4105, 71.8901, 22.1415)
Luminance	0.7189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E162 #6269E8

analogous

#E89E62 #E8E162 #ACE862

triadic

#E8E162 #62E8E1 #E162E8

tetradic

#E8E162 #62E89E #6269E8 #E862AC

square

#E8E162 #62E89E #6269E8 #E862AC

split-complementary

#E8E162 #62ACE8 #9E62E8

monochromatic

#B5AD1B #E0D72D #E8E162 #F0EB97 #F8F5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E8E162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E8E162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E162

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E162	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.148 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea93',
    500: '#e8e162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e162;
$custom-light: #f2ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89122,
    "c": 0.14772,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E162

secondary

#3940B5

accent

#19D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E162

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

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