#E8E265#E8E265

#E8E265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.146 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E265
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 56.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -13.61, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 62.07, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0414 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.146 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.8260, 72.4900, 22.9919)
Luminance	0.7249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E265 #656BE8

analogous

#E8A065 #E8E265 #ACE865

triadic

#E8E265 #65E8E2 #E265E8

tetradic

#E8E265 #65E8A0 #656BE8 #E865AC

square

#E8E265 #65E8A0 #656BE8 #E865AC

split-complementary

#E8E265 #65ACE8 #A065E8

monochromatic

#B7B01B #E0D830 #E8E265 #F0EC9A #F8F6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E8E265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E265

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E265	1.00	1.36	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.146 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea95',
    500: '#e8e265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e265;
$custom-light: #f2ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89361,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E265

secondary

#3A40B7

accent

#18D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E265

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

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