#E8E448#E8E448

#E8E448 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.170 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E448
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 69%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.50, -16.35, 72.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.50, 74.37, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.53% -0.0522 0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(89.53% 0.17 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.1941, 73.1125, 16.9656)
Luminance	0.7311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E448 #484CE8

analogous

#E89448 #E8E448 #9CE848

triadic

#E8E448 #48E8E4 #E448E8

tetradic

#E8E448 #48E894 #484CE8 #E8489C

square

#E8E448 #48E894 #484CE8 #E8489C

split-complementary

#E8E448 #489CE8 #9448E8

monochromatic

#A19E14 #D8D31B #E8E448 #EFEC7E #F6F4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#E8E448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E448

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E448	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.170 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec84',
    500: '#e8e448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e448;
$custom-light: #f3ec84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89525,
    "c": 0.16962,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E448

secondary

#3033A4

accent

#38F434

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E448

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

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