#E8E649#E8E649

#E8E649 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.171 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E649
RGB	rgb(232, 230, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -17.28, 72.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 74.74, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.0547 0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.171 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.7804, 74.2324, 17.3233)
Luminance	0.7423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E649 #494BE8

analogous

#E89649 #E8E649 #9BE849

triadic

#E8E649 #49E8E6 #E649E8

tetradic

#E8E649 #49E896 #494BE8 #E8499B

square

#E8E649 #49E896 #494BE8 #E8499B

split-complementary

#E8E649 #499BE8 #9649E8

monochromatic

#A2A014 #D8D61B #E8E649 #EFED7F #F6F5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E8E649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E649

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E649	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 230, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.171 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed85',
    500: '#e8e649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e649;
$custom-light: #f3ed85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.245,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89951,
    "c": 0.17089,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E649

secondary

#3132A4

accent

#36F434

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E649

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

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