#E8E262#E8E262

#E8E262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.149 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E262
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.18, -13.82, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.18, 63.37, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0423 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.149 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.6816, 72.4323, 22.2319)
Luminance	0.7243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E262 #6268E8

analogous

#E89F62 #E8E262 #ABE862

triadic

#E8E262 #62E8E2 #E262E8

tetradic

#E8E262 #62E89F #6268E8 #E862AB

square

#E8E262 #62E89F #6268E8 #E862AB

split-complementary

#E8E262 #62ABE8 #9F62E8

monochromatic

#B5AE1B #E0D82D #E8E262 #F0EC97 #F8F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E8E262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E262

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E262	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.149 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea93',
    500: '#e8e262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e262;
$custom-light: #f2ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8933,
    "c": 0.1487,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E262

secondary

#393FB5

accent

#18D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E262

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

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