#E8E397#E8E397

#E8E397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.096 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E397
RGB	rgb(232, 227, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 34.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -9.41, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 38.94, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(90.26% -0.0249 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(90.26% 0.096 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.3345, 74.3298, 40.1249)
Luminance	0.7433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E397 #979CE8

analogous

#E8BA97 #E8E397 #C5E897

triadic

#E8E397 #97E8E3 #E397E8

tetradic

#E8E397 #97E8BA #979CE8 #E897C5

square

#E8E397 #97E8BA #979CE8 #E897C5

split-complementary

#E8E397 #97C5E8 #BA97E8

monochromatic

#D2C833 #DDD665 #E8E397 #F3F0C9 #F9F8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E8E397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#E8E397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E397

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E397	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 227, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.096 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ebb6',
    500: '#e8e397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e397;
$custom-light: #f0ebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.296,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90255,
    "c": 0.09647,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E397

secondary

#6167C2

accent

#25CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E397

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

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