#E8E366#E8E366

#E8E366 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.146 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E366
RGB	rgb(232, 227, 102)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 56%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.47, -14.03, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.47, 62.03, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0425 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.146 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.1480, 73.0552, 23.3424)
Luminance	0.7305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E366 #666BE8

analogous

#E8A266 #E8E366 #ACE866

triadic

#E8E366 #66E8E3 #E366E8

tetradic

#E8E366 #66E8A2 #666BE8 #E866AC

square

#E8E366 #66E8A2 #666BE8 #E866AC

split-complementary

#E8E366 #66ACE8 #A266E8

monochromatic

#B8B21C #E0D931 #E8E366 #F0ED9B #F8F6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E8E366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#E8E366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E366

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E366	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 227, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.146 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb96',
    500: '#e8e366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e366;
$custom-light: #f2eb96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89579,
    "c": 0.14631,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E366

secondary

#3A3FB8

accent

#17D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E366

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

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