#E8E463#E8E463

#E8E463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.150 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E463
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 99)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 57.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.71, -14.74, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.71, 63.73, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.76% -0.0448 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(89.76% 0.15 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.2762, 73.5453, 22.6645)
Luminance	0.7354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E463 #6367E8

analogous

#E8A163 #E8E463 #AAE863

triadic

#E8E463 #63E8E4 #E463E8

tetradic

#E8E463 #63E8A1 #6367E8 #E863AA

square

#E8E463 #63E8A1 #6367E8 #E863AA

split-complementary

#E8E463 #63AAE8 #A163E8

monochromatic

#B6B11B #E0DB2E #E8E463 #F0ED98 #F8F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#E8E463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E463

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E463	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.150 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec94',
    500: '#e8e463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e463;
$custom-light: #f2ec94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89755,
    "c": 0.14987,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E463

secondary

#393DB6

accent

#15D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E463

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

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