#E8E251#E8E251

#E8E251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.162 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E251
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -14.90, 68.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 70.31, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0472 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.162 107)
XYZ	xyz(61.9625, 72.1446, 18.4444)
Luminance	0.7214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E251 #5157E8

analogous

#E89751 #E8E251 #A3E851

triadic

#E8E251 #51E8E2 #E251E8

tetradic

#E8E251 #51E897 #5157E8 #E851A3

square

#E8E251 #51E897 #5157E8 #E851A3

split-complementary

#E8E251 #51A3E8 #9751E8

monochromatic

#A8A316 #DED71D #E8E251 #EFEB87 #F6F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E8E251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E251

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E251	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.162 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea89',
    500: '#e8e251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e251;
$custom-light: #f3ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.616,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89175,
    "c": 0.16178,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.72143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E251

secondary

#3338AA

accent

#15D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E251

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

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