#E8E44F#E8E44F

#E8E44F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.165 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E44F
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 79)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 65.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.55, -15.99, 70.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.55, 71.81, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0505 0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.165 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.4356, 73.2091, 18.2375)
Luminance	0.7321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E44F #4F53E8

analogous

#E8974F #E8E44F #9FE84F

triadic

#E8E44F #4FE8E4 #E44FE8

tetradic

#E8E44F #4FE897 #4F53E8 #E84F9F

square

#E8E44F #4FE897 #4F53E8 #E84F9F

split-complementary

#E8E44F #4F9FE8 #974FE8

monochromatic

#A7A316 #DDD81D #E8E44F #EFEC85 #F6F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#E8E44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E44F

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E44F	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.165 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec88',
    500: '#e8e44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e44f;
$custom-light: #f3ec88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.431,
    "s": 76.884,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89577,
    "c": 0.16507,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E44F

secondary

#3336A9

accent

#12D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E44F

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

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