#E8E65D#E8E65D

#E8E65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.157 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E65D
RGB	rgb(232, 230, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.18, -16.13, 65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.18, 67.04, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.11% -0.0494 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(90.11% 0.157 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.5533, 74.5416, 21.3940)
Luminance	0.7454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E65D #5D5FE8

analogous

#E8A05D #E8E65D #A4E85D

triadic

#E8E65D #5DE8E6 #E65DE8

tetradic

#E8E65D #5DE8A0 #5D5FE8 #E85DA4

square

#E8E65D #5DE8A0 #5D5FE8 #E85DA4

split-complementary

#E8E65D #5DA4E8 #A05DE8

monochromatic

#B1AF19 #E0DE27 #E8E65D #F0EE93 #F7F7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E8E65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#E8E65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E65D

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E65D	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)

#F7DD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 230, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.157 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed90',
    500: '#e8e65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e65d;
$custom-light: #f2ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90114,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E65D

secondary

#3739B2

accent

#11D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E65D

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

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