#E8E631#E8E631

#E8E631 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.183 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E631
RGB	rgb(232, 230, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 78.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.91, -18.26, 80.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.91, 82.20, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0594 0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.183 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.1324, 73.9732, 13.9105)
Luminance	0.7397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E631 #3133E8

analogous

#E88A31 #E8E631 #8FE831

triadic

#E8E631 #31E8E6 #E631E8

tetradic

#E8E631 #31E88A #3133E8 #E8318F

square

#E8E631 #31E88A #3133E8 #E8318F

split-complementary

#E8E631 #318FE8 #8A31E8

monochromatic

#8F8D10 #C6C416 #E8E631 #EEED68 #F4F39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E631 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E8E631 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E631

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E631	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E631	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e631;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 230, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.183 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed7a',
    500: '#e8e631',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e631;
$custom-light: #f4ed7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e631",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.344,
    "s": 79.913,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89814,
    "c": 0.18343,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E631

secondary

#2A2B94

accent

#34F631

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160A

muted

#86847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E631

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

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