#E8E577#E8E577

#E8E577 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.133 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E577
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 119)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 48.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -13.65, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 55.21, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.0397 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.133 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.6293, 74.5280, 28.4300)
Luminance	0.7453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E577 #777AE8

analogous

#E8AD77 #E8E577 #B3E877

triadic

#E8E577 #77E8E5 #E577E8

tetradic

#E8E577 #77E8AD #777AE8 #E877B3

square

#E8E577 #77E8AD #777AE8 #E877B3

split-complementary

#E8E577 #77B3E8 #AD77E8

monochromatic

#C4BF21 #DFDB43 #E8E577 #F1EFAB #FAF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E8E577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#E8E577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E577

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E577	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.133 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eda1',
    500: '#e8e577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e577;
$custom-light: #f1eda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.407,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90191,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E577

secondary

#4347C0

accent

#18D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E577

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

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