#E8E362#E8E362

#E8E362 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.150 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E362
RGB	rgb(232, 227, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -14.31, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 63.76, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0437 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.15 107)
XYZ	xyz(62.9544, 72.9777, 22.3228)
Luminance	0.7298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E362 #6267E8

analogous

#E8A062 #E8E362 #AAE862

triadic

#E8E362 #62E8E3 #E362E8

tetradic

#E8E362 #62E8A0 #6267E8 #E862AA

square

#E8E362 #62E8A0 #6267E8 #E862AA

split-complementary

#E8E362 #62AAE8 #A062E8

monochromatic

#B5AF1B #E0D92D #E8E362 #F0ED97 #F8F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E8E362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E8E362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E362

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E362	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 227, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.150 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb93',
    500: '#e8e362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e362;
$custom-light: #f2eb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89537,
    "c": 0.1497,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.72976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E362

secondary

#393EB5

accent

#16D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E362

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

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