#E8E477#E8E477

#E8E477 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.132 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E477
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 119)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 48.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.91, -13.15, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.91, 54.79, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0383 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.132 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.3534, 73.9762, 28.3381)
Luminance	0.7398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E477 #777BE8

analogous

#E8AC77 #E8E477 #B4E877

triadic

#E8E477 #77E8E4 #E477E8

tetradic

#E8E477 #77E8AC #777BE8 #E877B4

square

#E8E477 #77E8AC #777BE8 #E877B4

split-complementary

#E8E477 #77B4E8 #AC77E8

monochromatic

#C4BE21 #DFDA43 #E8E477 #F1EEAB #FAF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#E8E477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E477

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E477	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.132 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eca1',
    500: '#e8e477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e477;
$custom-light: #f1eca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.876,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89984,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E477

secondary

#4348C0

accent

#19D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E477

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

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