#E8E168#E8E168

#E8E168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.143 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E168
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 104)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 55.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -12.89, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 60.36, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.039 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.143 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.7045, 72.0076, 23.6898)
Luminance	0.7201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E168 #686FE8

analogous

#E8A168 #E8E168 #AFE868

triadic

#E8E168 #68E8E1 #E168E8

tetradic

#E8E168 #68E8A1 #686FE8 #E868AF

square

#E8E168 #68E8A1 #686FE8 #E868AF

split-complementary

#E8E168 #68AFE8 #A168E8

monochromatic

#B9B11C #E0D633 #E8E168 #F0EC9D #F8F6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E8E168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E168

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E168	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.143 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea97',
    500: '#e8e168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e168;
$custom-light: #f2ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89186,
    "c": 0.14255,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E168

secondary

#3B42B9

accent

#1BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E168

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

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