#E8E264#E8E264

#E8E264 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.147 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E264
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 100)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 56.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.19, -13.68, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.19, 62.51, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.0417 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.147 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.7773, 72.4705, 22.7355)
Luminance	0.7247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E264 #646AE8

analogous

#E8A064 #E8E264 #ACE864

triadic

#E8E264 #64E8E2 #E264E8

tetradic

#E8E264 #64E8A0 #646AE8 #E864AC

square

#E8E264 #64E8A0 #646AE8 #E864AC

split-complementary

#E8E264 #64ACE8 #A064E8

monochromatic

#B7AF1B #E0D82F #E8E264 #F0EC99 #F8F6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E264 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E8E264 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E264

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E264	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E264	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)

#F3DA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e264;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.147 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea94',
    500: '#e8e264',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e264;
$custom-light: #f2ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e264",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 74.157,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8935,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E264

secondary

#3A3FB6

accent

#18D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E264

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

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