#E8E388#E8E388

#E8E388 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.113 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E388
RGB	rgb(232, 227, 136)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 41.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -11.04, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 46.30, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0306 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.113 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.1929, 73.8731, 34.1125)
Luminance	0.7387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E388 #888DE8

analogous

#E8B388 #E8E388 #BDE888

triadic

#E8E388 #88E8E3 #E388E8

tetradic

#E8E388 #88E8B3 #888DE8 #E888BD

square

#E8E388 #88E8B3 #888DE8 #E888BD

split-complementary

#E8E388 #88BDE8 #B388E8

monochromatic

#CEC528 #DED755 #E8E388 #F2EFBB #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E8E388 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E388

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E388	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E18C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 227, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.113 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ebac',
    500: '#e8e388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e388;
$custom-light: #f1ebac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.875,
    "s": 67.606,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90013,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E388

secondary

#5359C1

accent

#20D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E388

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

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