#E8E495#E8E495

#E8E495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.100 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E495
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 35.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.31, -10.14, 39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.31, 40.37, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0271 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.1 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.4477, 74.8140, 39.3681)
Luminance	0.7481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E495 #9599E8

analogous

#E8BA95 #E8E495 #C3E895

triadic

#E8E495 #95E8E4 #E495E8

tetradic

#E8E495 #95E8BA #9599E8 #E895C3

square

#E8E495 #95E8BA #9599E8 #E895C3

split-complementary

#E8E495 #95C3E8 #BA95E8

monochromatic

#D2CA30 #DDD763 #E8E495 #F3F1C7 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E8E495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#E8E495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E495

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E495	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.100 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ecb5',
    500: '#e8e495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e495;
$custom-light: #f0ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.108,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90425,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E495

secondary

#5F64C2

accent

#22CC19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E495

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

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