#E8E49E#E8E49E

#E8E49E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.089 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E49E
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 158)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 31.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -9.09, 34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 35.90, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.58% -0.0236 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(90.58% 0.089 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.1942, 75.1126, 43.2996)
Luminance	0.7511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E49E #9EA2E8

analogous

#E8BF9E #E8E49E #C7E89E

triadic

#E8E49E #9EE8E4 #E49EE8

tetradic

#E8E49E #9EE8BF #9EA2E8 #E89EC7

square

#E8E49E #9EE8BF #9EA2E8 #E89EC7

split-complementary

#E8E49E #9EC7E8 #BF9EE8

monochromatic

#D1C83B #DCD66D #E8E49E #F4F2CF #F9F8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E8E49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#E8E49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E49E

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E49E	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.089 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ecbb',
    500: '#e8e49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e49e;
$custom-light: #f0ecbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90582,
    "c": 0.08948,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E49E

secondary

#676CC3

accent

#25C91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E49E

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

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