#E8E474#E8E474

#E8E474 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.135 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E474
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 116)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 50%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -13.41, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 56.17, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.0393 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.135 107)
XYZ	xyz(64.1761, 73.9053, 27.4041)
Luminance	0.7390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E474 #7478E8

analogous

#E8AA74 #E8E474 #B2E874

triadic

#E8E474 #74E8E4 #E474E8

tetradic

#E8E474 #74E8AA #7478E8 #E874B2

square

#E8E474 #74E8AA #7478E8 #E874B2

split-complementary

#E8E474 #74B2E8 #AA74E8

monochromatic

#C2BC20 #DFDA3F #E8E474 #F1EEA9 #F9F8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E8E474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E474

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E474	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.135 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec9f',
    500: '#e8e474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e474;
$custom-light: #f1ec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89946,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.73904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E474

secondary

#4045C0

accent

#19D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E474

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

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