#E8E280#E8E280

#E8E280 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.121 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E280
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 128)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 44.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.50, -11.33, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.50, 49.71, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.0322 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.121 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.3727, 73.1087, 31.1383)
Luminance	0.7311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E280 #8086E8

analogous

#E8AE80 #E8E280 #BAE880

triadic

#E8E280 #80E8E2 #E280E8

tetradic

#E8E280 #80E8AE #8086E8 #E880BA

square

#E8E280 #80E8AE #8086E8 #E880BA

split-complementary

#E8E280 #80BAE8 #AE80E8

monochromatic

#C9C024 #DFD64C #E8E280 #F1EEB4 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#E8E280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E280

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E280	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.121 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eaa6',
    500: '#e8e280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e280;
$custom-light: #f1eaa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89691,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E280

secondary

#4B52C1

accent

#1FD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E280

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

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