#E8E451#E8E451

#E8E451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.164 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E451
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -15.88, 69.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 71.05, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.05 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.164 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.5095, 73.2387, 18.6267)
Luminance	0.7324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E451 #5155E8

analogous

#E89951 #E8E451 #A1E851

triadic

#E8E451 #51E8E4 #E451E8

tetradic

#E8E451 #51E899 #5155E8 #E851A1

square

#E8E451 #51E899 #5155E8 #E851A1

split-complementary

#E8E451 #51A1E8 #9951E8

monochromatic

#A8A416 #DED91D #E8E451 #EFEC87 #F6F5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#E8E451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E451

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E451	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.164 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec89',
    500: '#e8e451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e451;
$custom-light: #f3ec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.411,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89593,
    "c": 0.16369,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E451

secondary

#3336AA

accent

#12D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E451

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

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