#E8E460#E8E460

#E8E460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.152 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E460
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.68, -14.95, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.68, 65.00, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0458 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.152 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.1354, 73.4890, 21.9231)
Luminance	0.7349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E460 #6064E8

analogous

#E8A060 #E8E460 #A8E860

triadic

#E8E460 #60E8E4 #E460E8

tetradic

#E8E460 #60E8A0 #6064E8 #E860A8

square

#E8E460 #60E8A0 #6064E8 #E860A8

split-complementary

#E8E460 #60A8E8 #A060E8

monochromatic

#B4AF1A #E0DB2B #E8E460 #F0ED95 #F7F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#E8E460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E460

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E460	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.152 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec92',
    500: '#e8e460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e460;
$custom-light: #f2ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89726,
    "c": 0.15234,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E460

secondary

#383CB4

accent

#15D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E460

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

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