#E8E36D#E8E36D

#E8E36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.140 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E36D
RGB	rgb(232, 227, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 53%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.54, -13.49, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.54, 58.94, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0402 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.14 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.5099, 73.1999, 25.2485)
Luminance	0.7320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E36D #6D72E8

analogous

#E8A66D #E8E36D #B0E86D

triadic

#E8E36D #6DE8E3 #E36DE8

tetradic

#E8E36D #6DE8A6 #6D72E8 #E86DB0

square

#E8E36D #6DE8A6 #6D72E8 #E86DB0

split-complementary

#E8E36D #6DB0E8 #A66DE8

monochromatic

#BDB61E #E0D938 #E8E36D #F0EDA2 #F9F7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#E8E36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E36D

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E36D	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 227, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.140 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb9a',
    500: '#e8e36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e36d;
$custom-light: #f2eb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89656,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E36D

secondary

#3D42BC

accent

#19D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E36D

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

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