#E8E596#E8E596

#E8E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.100 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E596
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 35.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.58, -10.53, 38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.58, 40.33, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0281 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.1 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.8038, 75.3978, 39.8824)
Luminance	0.7540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E596 #9699E8

analogous

#E8BC96 #E8E596 #C2E896

triadic

#E8E596 #96E8E5 #E596E8

tetradic

#E8E596 #96E8BC #9699E8 #E896C2

square

#E8E596 #96E8BC #9699E8 #E896C2

split-complementary

#E8E596 #96C2E8 #BC96E8

monochromatic

#D2CC32 #DDD964 #E8E596 #F3F1C8 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E8E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#E8E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E596

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E596	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.100 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0edb5',
    500: '#e8e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e596;
$custom-light: #f0edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.805,
    "s": 64.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90647,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E596

secondary

#6063C2

accent

#20CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E596

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

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