#E8E351#E8E351

#E8E351 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.163 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E351
RGB	rgb(232, 227, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.30, -15.39, 68.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.30, 70.68, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.0486 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.163 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2352, 72.6901, 18.5353)
Luminance	0.7269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E351 #5156E8

analogous

#E89851 #E8E351 #A2E851

triadic

#E8E351 #51E8E3 #E351E8

tetradic

#E8E351 #51E898 #5156E8 #E851A2

square

#E8E351 #51E898 #5156E8 #E851A2

split-complementary

#E8E351 #51A2E8 #9851E8

monochromatic

#A8A416 #DED81D #E8E351 #EFEC87 #F6F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E8E351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E8E351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E351

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E351	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 227, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.163 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb89',
    500: '#e8e351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e351;
$custom-light: #f3eb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.013,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89384,
    "c": 0.16273,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E351

secondary

#3337AA

accent

#13D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E351

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

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