#E8E243#E8E243

#E8E243 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; 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	#E8E243
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 67)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 71.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -15.61, 73.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 75.40, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.0506 0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.171 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.4906, 71.9559, 15.9589)
Luminance	0.7195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E243 #4349E8

analogous

#E88F43 #E8E243 #9BE843

triadic

#E8E243 #43E8E2 #E243E8

tetradic

#E8E243 #43E88F #4349E8 #E8439B

square

#E8E243 #43E88F #4349E8 #E8439B

split-complementary

#E8E243 #439BE8 #8F43E8

monochromatic

#9D9813 #D4CD1A #E8E243 #EFEA7A #F5F3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E8E243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E243

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E243	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)

#F5D926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8DF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.171 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea82',
    500: '#e8e243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e243;
$custom-light: #f3ea82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 78.199,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89074,
    "c": 0.17077,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E243

secondary

#2F33A0

accent

#3AF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E243

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

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