#E8E431#E8E431

#E8E431 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.182 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E431
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 78.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.38, -17.28, 79.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.38, 81.54, 102.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0567 0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.182 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.5790, 72.8665, 13.7260)
Luminance	0.7286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E431 #3135E8

analogous

#E88931 #E8E431 #90E831

triadic

#E8E431 #31E8E4 #E431E8

tetradic

#E8E431 #31E889 #3135E8 #E83190

square

#E8E431 #31E889 #3135E8 #E83190

split-complementary

#E8E431 #3190E8 #8931E8

monochromatic

#8F8C10 #C6C216 #E8E431 #EEEB68 #F4F29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E8E431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E8E431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E431

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E431	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.182 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec79',
    500: '#e8e431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e431;
$custom-light: #f4ec79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.689,
    "s": 79.913,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89394,
    "c": 0.18163,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E431

secondary

#2A2C94

accent

#36F631

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160A

muted

#86847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E431

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

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