#E8E462#E8E462

#E8E462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.151 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E462
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.70, -14.81, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.70, 64.16, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0451 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.151 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.2287, 73.5263, 22.4142)
Luminance	0.7352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E462 #6266E8

analogous

#E8A162 #E8E462 #A9E862

triadic

#E8E462 #62E8E4 #E462E8

tetradic

#E8E462 #62E8A1 #6266E8 #E862A9

square

#E8E462 #62E8A1 #6266E8 #E862A9

split-complementary

#E8E462 #62A9E8 #A162E8

monochromatic

#B5B01B #E0DB2D #E8E462 #F0ED97 #F8F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#E8E462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E462

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E462	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)

#F5DC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.151 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec93',
    500: '#e8e462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e462;
$custom-light: #f2ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89745,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E462

secondary

#393DB5

accent

#15D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E462

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

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