#E8E65A#E8E65A

#E8E65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.159 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E65A
RGB	rgb(232, 230, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.15, -16.32, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.15, 68.26, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0503 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.159 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.4230, 74.4895, 20.7079)
Luminance	0.7449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E65A #5A5CE8

analogous

#E89F5A #E8E65A #A3E85A

triadic

#E8E65A #5AE8E6 #E65AE8

tetradic

#E8E65A #5AE89F #5A5CE8 #E85AA3

square

#E8E65A #5AE89F #5A5CE8 #E85AA3

split-complementary

#E8E65A #5AA3E8 #9F5AE8

monochromatic

#AFAD18 #E1DE24 #E8E65A #EFEE90 #F7F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E8E65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#E8E65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E65A

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E65A	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 230, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.159 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8f',
    500: '#e8e65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e65a;
$custom-light: #f2ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90086,
    "c": 0.15908,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E65A

secondary

#3638B0

accent

#11D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E65A

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

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