#E8E261#E8E261

#E8E261 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	#E8E261
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.17, -13.89, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.17, 63.80, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(89.32% -0.0426 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(89.32% 0.15 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.6347, 72.4135, 21.9848)
Luminance	0.7241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E261 #6167E8

analogous

#E89E61 #E8E261 #ABE861

triadic

#E8E261 #61E8E2 #E261E8

tetradic

#E8E261 #61E89E #6167E8 #E861AB

square

#E8E261 #61E89E #6167E8 #E861AB

split-complementary

#E8E261 #61ABE8 #9E61E8

monochromatic

#B4AD1A #E0D82C #E8E261 #F0EC96 #F8F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E8E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E261

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E261	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)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.150 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea92',
    500: '#e8e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e261;
$custom-light: #f2ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8932,
    "c": 0.14953,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E261

secondary

#393EB5

accent

#18D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E261

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

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