#E8E271#E8E271

#E8E271 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.135 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E271
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 113)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 51.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -12.67, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 56.72, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0375 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.135 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.4574, 72.7426, 26.3176)
Luminance	0.7274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E271 #7177E8

analogous

#E8A771 #E8E271 #B2E871

triadic

#E8E271 #71E8E2 #E271E8

tetradic

#E8E271 #71E8A7 #7177E8 #E871B2

square

#E8E271 #71E8A7 #7177E8 #E871B2

split-complementary

#E8E271 #71B2E8 #A771E8

monochromatic

#C0B71F #DFD73C #E8E271 #F1EDA6 #F9F8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E8E271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E8E271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E271

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E271	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.135 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea9d',
    500: '#e8e271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e271;
$custom-light: #f1ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.975,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89496,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E271

secondary

#3F45BF

accent

#1BD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E271

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

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