#E8E44B#E8E44B

#E8E44B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; 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	#E8E44B
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 75)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 67.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.52, -16.20, 71.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.52, 73.29, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.55% -0.0515 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(89.55% 0.168 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.2944, 73.1526, 17.4937)
Luminance	0.7315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E44B #4B4FE8

analogous

#E8954B #E8E44B #9EE84B

triadic

#E8E44B #4BE8E4 #E44BE8

tetradic

#E8E44B #4BE895 #4B4FE8 #E84B9E

square

#E8E44B #4BE895 #4B4FE8 #E84B9E

split-complementary

#E8E44B #4B9EE8 #954BE8

monochromatic

#A4A015 #DAD51C #E8E44B #EFEC81 #F6F4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E8E44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E44B

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E44B	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)

#F6DB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.168 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec86',
    500: '#e8e44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e44b;
$custom-light: #f3ec86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.471,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89547,
    "c": 0.16772,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E44B

secondary

#3134A6

accent

#11DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E44B

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

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