#E8E45A#E8E45A

#E8E45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.157 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E45A
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.63, -15.34, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.63, 67.49, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0475 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.157 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.8696, 73.3827, 20.5234)
Luminance	0.7338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E45A #5A5EE8

analogous

#E89D5A #E8E45A #A5E85A

triadic

#E8E45A #5AE8E4 #E45AE8

tetradic

#E8E45A #5AE89D #5A5EE8 #E85AA5

square

#E8E45A #5AE89D #5A5EE8 #E85AA5

split-complementary

#E8E45A #5AA5E8 #9D5AE8

monochromatic

#AFAB18 #E1DB24 #E8E45A #EFED90 #F7F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E8E45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E45A

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E45A	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.157 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec8e',
    500: '#e8e45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e45a;
$custom-light: #f2ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89669,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E45A

secondary

#363AB0

accent

#13D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E45A

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

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