#E8E178#E8E178

#E8E178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.128 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E178
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 48.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -11.57, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 53.07, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.0336 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.128 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.5957, 72.3641, 28.3833)
Luminance	0.7236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E178 #787FE8

analogous

#E8A978 #E8E178 #B7E878

triadic

#E8E178 #78E8E1 #E178E8

tetradic

#E8E178 #78E8A9 #787FE8 #E878B7

square

#E8E178 #78E8A9 #787FE8 #E878B7

split-complementary

#E8E178 #78B7E8 #A978E8

monochromatic

#C4BA21 #DFD544 #E8E178 #F1EDAC #FAF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#E8E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E178

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E178	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.128 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eaa1',
    500: '#e8e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e178;
$custom-light: #f1eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89377,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E178

secondary

#444CC0

accent

#1FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E178

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

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