#E8E679#E8E679

#E8E679 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.132 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E679
RGB	rgb(232, 230, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -13.97, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 54.71, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0404 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.132 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.0282, 75.1315, 29.1618)
Luminance	0.7513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E679 #797BE8

analogous

#E8AF79 #E8E679 #B3E879

triadic

#E8E679 #79E8E6 #E679E8

tetradic

#E8E679 #79E8AF #797BE8 #E879B3

square

#E8E679 #79E8AF #797BE8 #E879B3

split-complementary

#E8E679 #79B3E8 #AF79E8

monochromatic

#C5C222 #DFDC45 #E8E679 #F1F0AD #FAF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E8E679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#E8E679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E679

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E679	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 230, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.132 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eda2',
    500: '#e8e679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e679;
$custom-light: #f1eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90423,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E679

secondary

#4547C0

accent

#16D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E679

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

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