#E8E16D#E8E16D

#E8E16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.138 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E16D
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 53%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.02, -12.50, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.02, 58.13, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0374 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.138 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.9660, 72.1123, 25.0673)
Luminance	0.7211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E16D #6D74E8

analogous

#E8A36D #E8E16D #B2E86D

triadic

#E8E16D #6DE8E1 #E16DE8

tetradic

#E8E16D #6DE8A3 #6D74E8 #E86DB2

square

#E8E16D #6DE8A3 #6D74E8 #E86DB2

split-complementary

#E8E16D #6DB2E8 #A36DE8

monochromatic

#BDB41E #E0D638 #E8E16D #F0ECA2 #F9F7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E8E16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E16D

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E16D	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.138 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea9a',
    500: '#e8e16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e16d;
$custom-light: #f2ea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89242,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E16D

secondary

#3D44BC

accent

#1CD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E16D

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

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