#E8E35A#E8E35A

#E8E35A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.156 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E35A
RGB	rgb(232, 227, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -14.85, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 67.11, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0461 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.156 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.5953, 72.8341, 20.4320)
Luminance	0.7283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E35A #5A5FE8

analogous

#E89C5A #E8E35A #A6E85A

triadic

#E8E35A #5AE8E3 #E35AE8

tetradic

#E8E35A #5AE89C #5A5FE8 #E85AA6

square

#E8E35A #5AE89C #5A5FE8 #E85AA6

split-complementary

#E8E35A #5AA6E8 #9C5AE8

monochromatic

#AFAA18 #E1DA24 #E8E35A #EFEC90 #F7F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E8E35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E8E35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E35A

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E35A	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 227, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.156 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb8e',
    500: '#e8e35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e35a;
$custom-light: #f2eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.887,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89461,
    "c": 0.15612,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E35A

secondary

#363BB0

accent

#15D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E35A

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

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