#E8E242#E8E242

#E8E242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.171 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E242
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 71.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -15.65, 74.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 75.74, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.0508 0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.171 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.4608, 71.9440, 15.8023)
Luminance	0.7194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E242 #4248E8

analogous

#E88F42 #E8E242 #9BE842

triadic

#E8E242 #42E8E2 #E242E8

tetradic

#E8E242 #42E88F #4248E8 #E8429B

square

#E8E242 #42E88F #4248E8 #E8429B

split-complementary

#E8E242 #429BE8 #8F42E8

monochromatic

#9D9813 #D3CC1A #E8E242 #EFEA79 #F5F3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E8E242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E242

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E242	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5D924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8DF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.171 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea81',
    500: '#e8e242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e242;
$custom-light: #f3ea81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.831,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89068,
    "c": 0.17135,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E242

secondary

#2F33A0

accent

#3AF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E242

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →