#E8E461#E8E461

#E8E461 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	#E8E461
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.69, -14.88, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.69, 64.58, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0455 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.152 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.1817, 73.5076, 22.1671)
Luminance	0.7351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E461 #6165E8

analogous

#E8A161 #E8E461 #A9E861

triadic

#E8E461 #61E8E4 #E461E8

tetradic

#E8E461 #61E8A1 #6165E8 #E861A9

square

#E8E461 #61E8A1 #6165E8 #E861A9

split-complementary

#E8E461 #61A9E8 #A161E8

monochromatic

#B4B01A #E0DB2C #E8E461 #F0ED96 #F8F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#E8E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E461

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E461	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)

#F5DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.152 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec93',
    500: '#e8e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e461;
$custom-light: #f2ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89735,
    "c": 0.15153,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E461

secondary

#393CB5

accent

#15D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E461

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

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