#E8E166#E8E166

#E8E166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.144 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E166
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 102)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 56%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -13.04, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 61.24, 102.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0397 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.144 106)
XYZ	xyz(62.6041, 71.9675, 23.1612)
Luminance	0.7197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E166 #666DE8

analogous

#E8A066 #E8E166 #AEE866

triadic

#E8E166 #66E8E1 #E166E8

tetradic

#E8E166 #66E8A0 #666DE8 #E866AE

square

#E8E166 #66E8A0 #666DE8 #E866AE

split-complementary

#E8E166 #66AEE8 #A066E8

monochromatic

#B8B01C #E0D731 #E8E166 #F0EB9B #F8F6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E8E166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E166

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E166	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.144 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea96',
    500: '#e8e166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e166;
$custom-light: #f2ea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89164,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.71966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E166

secondary

#3A41B8

accent

#1AD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E166

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

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