#E8E171#E8E171

#E8E171 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.134 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E171
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 113)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 51.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -12.18, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 56.31, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0361 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.134 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.1863, 72.2004, 26.2272)
Luminance	0.7220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E171 #7178E8

analogous

#E8A671 #E8E171 #B3E871

triadic

#E8E171 #71E8E1 #E171E8

tetradic

#E8E171 #71E8A6 #7178E8 #E871B3

square

#E8E171 #71E8A6 #7178E8 #E871B3

split-complementary

#E8E171 #71B3E8 #A671E8

monochromatic

#C0B61F #DFD63C #E8E171 #F1ECA6 #F9F7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E8E171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E171

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E171	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.134 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea9d',
    500: '#e8e171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e171;
$custom-light: #f1ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89289,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E171

secondary

#3F46BF

accent

#1DD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E171

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

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