#E8E65E#E8E65E

#E8E65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.156 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E65E
RGB	rgb(232, 230, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.19, -16.06, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.19, 66.63, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0491 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.156 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.5979, 74.5594, 21.6288)
Luminance	0.7456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E65E #5E60E8

analogous

#E8A15E #E8E65E #A5E85E

triadic

#E8E65E #5EE8E6 #E65EE8

tetradic

#E8E65E #5EE8A1 #5E60E8 #E85EA5

square

#E8E65E #5EE8A1 #5E60E8 #E85EA5

split-complementary

#E8E65E #5EA5E8 #A15EE8

monochromatic

#B2B019 #E0DE28 #E8E65E #F0EE94 #F7F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E8E65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#E8E65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E65E

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E65E	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)

#F7DD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 230, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.156 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed91',
    500: '#e8e65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e65e;
$custom-light: #f2ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90123,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E65E

secondary

#3839B3

accent

#11D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E65E

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

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