#E8E545#E8E545

#E8E545 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.172 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E545
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -16.99, 73.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 75.78, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.71% -0.0542 0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(89.71% 0.172 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.3745, 73.6261, 16.5547)
Luminance	0.7362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E545 #4548E8

analogous

#E89445 #E8E545 #9AE845

triadic

#E8E545 #45E8E5 #E545E8

tetradic

#E8E545 #45E894 #4548E8 #E8459A

square

#E8E545 #45E894 #4548E8 #E8459A

split-complementary

#E8E545 #459AE8 #9445E8

monochromatic

#9F9C14 #D5D21A #E8E545 #EFED7B #F5F4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E8E545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E545

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E545	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)

#F8DC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.172 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec83',
    500: '#e8e545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e545;
$custom-light: #f3ec83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.896,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89714,
    "c": 0.17238,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E545

secondary

#2F32A2

accent

#37F433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E545

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

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