#E8E17A#E8E17A

#E8E17A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.126 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E17A
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 122)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 47.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.17, -11.39, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.17, 52.14, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0329 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.126 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.7183, 72.4132, 29.0292)
Luminance	0.7241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E17A #7A81E8

analogous

#E8AA7A #E8E17A #B8E87A

triadic

#E8E17A #7AE8E1 #E17AE8

tetradic

#E8E17A #7AE8AA #7A81E8 #E87AB8

square

#E8E17A #7AE8AA #7A81E8 #E87AB8

split-complementary

#E8E17A #7AB8E8 #AA7AE8

monochromatic

#C5BB22 #DFD546 #E8E17A #F1EDAE #FAF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E8E17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E17A

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E17A	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.126 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eaa2',
    500: '#e8e17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e17a;
$custom-light: #f1eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89403,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E17A

secondary

#464EC0

accent

#1FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E17A

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

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