#E8E472#E8E472

#E8E472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.137 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E472
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -13.58, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 57.09, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.04 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.137 107)
XYZ	xyz(64.0610, 73.8593, 26.7980)
Luminance	0.7386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E472 #7276E8

analogous

#E8A972 #E8E472 #B1E872

triadic

#E8E472 #72E8E4 #E472E8

tetradic

#E8E472 #72E8A9 #7276E8 #E872B1

square

#E8E472 #72E8A9 #7276E8 #E872B1

split-complementary

#E8E472 #72B1E8 #A972E8

monochromatic

#C0BB1F #DFDA3D #E8E472 #F1EEA7 #F9F8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E8E472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E472

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E472	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.137 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec9d',
    500: '#e8e472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e472;
$custom-light: #f1ec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89922,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.73858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E472

secondary

#3F43BF

accent

#18D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E472

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

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