#E8E372#E8E372

#E8E372 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.135 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E372
RGB	rgb(232, 227, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -13.09, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 56.67, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0386 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.135 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7867, 73.3107, 26.7066)
Luminance	0.7331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E372 #7277E8

analogous

#E8A872 #E8E372 #B2E872

triadic

#E8E372 #72E8E3 #E372E8

tetradic

#E8E372 #72E8A8 #7277E8 #E872B2

square

#E8E372 #72E8A8 #7277E8 #E872B2

split-complementary

#E8E372 #72B2E8 #A872E8

monochromatic

#C0B91F #DFD93D #E8E372 #F1EDA7 #F9F8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E8E372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E372

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E372	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 227, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.135 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb9d',
    500: '#e8e372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e372;
$custom-light: #f1eb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89715,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E372

secondary

#3F45BF

accent

#1AD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E372

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

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