#E8E16A#E8E16A

#E8E16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.141 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E16A
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 54.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.99, -12.74, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.99, 59.48, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.21% -0.0384 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(89.21% 0.141 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.8073, 72.0488, 24.2312)
Luminance	0.7205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E16A #6A71E8

analogous

#E8A26A #E8E16A #B0E86A

triadic

#E8E16A #6AE8E1 #E16AE8

tetradic

#E8E16A #6AE8A2 #6A71E8 #E86AB0

square

#E8E16A #6AE8A2 #6A71E8 #E86AB0

split-complementary

#E8E16A #6AB0E8 #A26AE8

monochromatic

#BBB21D #E0D635 #E8E16A #F0EC9F #F8F6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#E8E16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E16A

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E16A	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.141 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea98',
    500: '#e8e16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e16a;
$custom-light: #f2ea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89208,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E16A

secondary

#3C43BA

accent

#1BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E16A

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

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