#E8E573#E8E573

#E8E573 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.137 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E573
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 115)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 50.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.13, -13.99, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.13, 57.05, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.14% -0.0411 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(90.14% 0.137 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.3941, 74.4339, 27.1914)
Luminance	0.7443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E573 #7376E8

analogous

#E8AB73 #E8E573 #B0E873

triadic

#E8E573 #73E8E5 #E573E8

tetradic

#E8E573 #73E8AB #7376E8 #E873B0

square

#E8E573 #73E8AB #7376E8 #E873B0

split-complementary

#E8E573 #73B0E8 #AB73E8

monochromatic

#C1BD20 #DFDB3E #E8E573 #F1EFA8 #F9F9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E8E573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#E8E573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E573

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E573	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.137 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed9e',
    500: '#e8e573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e573;
$custom-light: #f1ed9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90141,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E573

secondary

#4043C0

accent

#17D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E573

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

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