#E8E749#E8E749

#E8E749 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.172 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E749
RGB	rgb(232, 231, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.29, -17.77, 72.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.29, 75.11, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.0561 0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.172 109)
XYZ	xyz(63.0594, 74.7906, 17.4163)
Luminance	0.7479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E749 #494AE8

analogous

#E89849 #E8E749 #99E849

triadic

#E8E749 #49E8E7 #E749E8

tetradic

#E8E749 #49E898 #494AE8 #E84999

square

#E8E749 #49E898 #494AE8 #E84999

split-complementary

#E8E749 #4999E8 #9849E8

monochromatic

#A2A114 #D8D71B #E8E749 #EFEE7F #F6F5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E8E749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#E8E749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E749

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E749	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 231, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.172 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ee85',
    500: '#e8e749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e749;
$custom-light: #f3ee85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.623,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90161,
    "c": 0.17185,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.74789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E749

secondary

#3131A4

accent

#35F434

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E749

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

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