#E8E361#E8E361

#E8E361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.151 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E361
RGB	rgb(232, 227, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.43, -14.38, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.43, 64.19, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.53% -0.0441 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(89.53% 0.151 107)
XYZ	xyz(62.9074, 72.9590, 22.0757)
Luminance	0.7296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E361 #6166E8

analogous

#E8A061 #E8E361 #A9E861

triadic

#E8E361 #61E8E3 #E361E8

tetradic

#E8E361 #61E8A0 #6166E8 #E861A9

square

#E8E361 #61E8A0 #6166E8 #E861A9

split-complementary

#E8E361 #61A9E8 #A061E8

monochromatic

#B4AF1A #E0DA2C #E8E361 #F0EC96 #F8F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E8E361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E8E361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E361

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E361	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 227, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.151 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb93',
    500: '#e8e361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e361;
$custom-light: #f2eb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89527,
    "c": 0.15052,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.72957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E361

secondary

#393DB5

accent

#16D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E361

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

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