#E8E544#E8E544

#E8E544 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.173 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E544
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 70.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -17.03, 74.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 76.12, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.71% -0.0545 0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(89.71% 0.173 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.3437, 73.6138, 16.3926)
Luminance	0.7361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E544 #4447E8

analogous

#E89344 #E8E544 #99E844

triadic

#E8E544 #44E8E5 #E544E8

tetradic

#E8E544 #44E893 #4447E8 #E84499

square

#E8E544 #44E893 #4447E8 #E84499

split-complementary

#E8E544 #4499E8 #9344E8

monochromatic

#9E9C13 #D5D11A #E8E544 #EFED7A #F5F4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E8E544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E544

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E544	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DC27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.173 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec82',
    500: '#e8e544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e544;
$custom-light: #f3ec82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.902,
    "s": 78.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89708,
    "c": 0.17297,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E544

secondary

#2F31A1

accent

#37F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E544

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

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