#E8E45B#E8E45B

#E8E45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.156 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E45B
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.64, -15.28, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.64, 67.08, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.68% -0.0472 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(89.68% 0.156 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.9125, 73.3999, 20.7491)
Luminance	0.7340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E45B #5B5FE8

analogous

#E89D5B #E8E45B #A5E85B

triadic

#E8E45B #5BE8E4 #E45BE8

tetradic

#E8E45B #5BE89D #5B5FE8 #E85BA5

square

#E8E45B #5BE89D #5B5FE8 #E85BA5

split-complementary

#E8E45B #5BA5E8 #9D5BE8

monochromatic

#B0AC19 #E0DB25 #E8E45B #F0ED91 #F7F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E8E45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E45B

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E45B	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)

#F6DC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.156 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec8f',
    500: '#e8e45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e45b;
$custom-light: #f2ec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89678,
    "c": 0.15633,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E45B

secondary

#373AB1

accent

#14D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E45B

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

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