#E8E260#E8E260

#E8E260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.150 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E260
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -13.96, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 64.22, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.043 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.15 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.5884, 72.3950, 21.7408)
Luminance	0.7239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E260 #6066E8

analogous

#E89E60 #E8E260 #AAE860

triadic

#E8E260 #60E8E2 #E260E8

tetradic

#E8E260 #60E89E #6066E8 #E860AA

square

#E8E260 #60E89E #6066E8 #E860AA

split-complementary

#E8E260 #60AAE8 #9E60E8

monochromatic

#B4AD1A #E0D82B #E8E260 #F0EC95 #F7F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E8E260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E260

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E260	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)

#F3DA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.150 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea92',
    500: '#e8e260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e260;
$custom-light: #f2ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8931,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E260

secondary

#383EB4

accent

#17D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E260

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

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