#E8E252#E8E252

#E8E252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.161 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E252
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 64.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.05, -14.84, 68.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.05, 69.92, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0469 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.161 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.0003, 72.1598, 18.6433)
Luminance	0.7216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E252 #5258E8

analogous

#E89752 #E8E252 #A3E852

triadic

#E8E252 #52E8E2 #E252E8

tetradic

#E8E252 #52E897 #5258E8 #E852A3

square

#E8E252 #52E897 #5258E8 #E852A3

split-complementary

#E8E252 #52A3E8 #9752E8

monochromatic

#A9A316 #DFD71E #E8E252 #EFEB88 #F6F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E8E252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E252

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E252	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)

#F4DA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.161 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8a',
    500: '#e8e252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e252;
$custom-light: #f3ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89184,
    "c": 0.16107,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E252

secondary

#3438AB

accent

#15D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E252

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

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