#E8E531#E8E531

#E8E531 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.183 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E531
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 78.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -17.77, 79.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 81.87, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.6% -0.0581 0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(89.6% 0.183 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.8549, 73.4182, 13.8180)
Luminance	0.7342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E531 #3134E8

analogous

#E88931 #E8E531 #90E831

triadic

#E8E531 #31E8E5 #E531E8

tetradic

#E8E531 #31E889 #3134E8 #E83190

square

#E8E531 #31E889 #3134E8 #E83190

split-complementary

#E8E531 #3190E8 #8931E8

monochromatic

#8F8D10 #C6C316 #E8E531 #EEEC68 #F4F39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E8E531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E531

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E531	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.183 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec7a',
    500: '#e8e531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e531;
$custom-light: #f4ec7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 79.913,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89604,
    "c": 0.18253,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E531

secondary

#2A2B94

accent

#35F631

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160A

muted

#86847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E531

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

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