#E8E173#E8E173

#E8E173 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.132 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E173
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 115)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 50.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -12.01, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 55.40, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.0354 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.132 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.3001, 72.2459, 26.8267)
Luminance	0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E173 #737AE8

analogous

#E8A673 #E8E173 #B4E873

triadic

#E8E173 #73E8E1 #E173E8

tetradic

#E8E173 #73E8A6 #737AE8 #E873B4

square

#E8E173 #73E8A6 #737AE8 #E873B4

split-complementary

#E8E173 #73B4E8 #A673E8

monochromatic

#C1B720 #DFD63E #E8E173 #F1ECA8 #F9F8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E8E173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E173

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E173	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.132 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea9e',
    500: '#e8e173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e173;
$custom-light: #f1ea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89314,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E173

secondary

#4047C0

accent

#1DD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E173

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

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