#E8E35B#E8E35B

#E8E35B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.155 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E35B
RGB	rgb(232, 227, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.38, -14.79, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.38, 66.70, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.47% -0.0458 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(89.47% 0.155 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.6382, 72.8513, 20.6576)
Luminance	0.7285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E35B #5B60E8

analogous

#E89C5B #E8E35B #A6E85B

triadic

#E8E35B #5BE8E3 #E35BE8

tetradic

#E8E35B #5BE89C #5B60E8 #E85BA6

square

#E8E35B #5BE89C #5B60E8 #E85BA6

split-complementary

#E8E35B #5BA6E8 #9C5BE8

monochromatic

#B0AB19 #E0DA25 #E8E35B #F0EC91 #F7F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E8E35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E8E35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E35B

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E35B	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)

#F5DB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 227, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.155 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb8f',
    500: '#e8e35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e35b;
$custom-light: #f2eb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8947,
    "c": 0.15533,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E35B

secondary

#373BB1

accent

#15D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E35B

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

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