#E8E661#E8E661

#E8E661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.154 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E661
RGB	rgb(232, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.21, -15.86, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.21, 65.37, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% -0.0482 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.154 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.7351, 74.6143, 22.3516)
Luminance	0.7461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E661 #6163E8

analogous

#E8A361 #E8E661 #A7E861

triadic

#E8E661 #61E8E6 #E661E8

tetradic

#E8E661 #61E8A3 #6163E8 #E861A7

square

#E8E661 #61E8A3 #6163E8 #E861A7

split-complementary

#E8E661 #61A7E8 #A361E8

monochromatic

#B4B21A #E0DE2C #E8E661 #F0EE96 #F8F7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E8E661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#E8E661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E661

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E661	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.154 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed93',
    500: '#e8e661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e661;
$custom-light: #f2ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90152,
    "c": 0.15355,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E661

secondary

#393BB5

accent

#12D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E661

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

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