#E8E44A#E8E44A

#E8E44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.168 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E44A
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.51, -16.25, 71.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.51, 73.66, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0517 0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.168 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.2604, 73.1390, 17.3148)
Luminance	0.7314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E44A #4A4EE8

analogous

#E8954A #E8E44A #9DE84A

triadic

#E8E44A #4AE8E4 #E44AE8

tetradic

#E8E44A #4AE895 #4A4EE8 #E84A9D

square

#E8E44A #4AE895 #4A4EE8 #E84A9D

split-complementary

#E8E44A #4A9DE8 #954AE8

monochromatic

#A39F15 #D9D41C #E8E44A #EFEC80 #F6F4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E8E44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E44A

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E44A	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.168 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec85',
    500: '#e8e44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e44a;
$custom-light: #f3ec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8954,
    "c": 0.16836,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E44A

secondary

#3134A5

accent

#39F434

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E44A

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

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